News from June 2022

By Press release submission | Jun 18, 2022
Former federal agent convicted of corruption in connection to illicit relationship with subject of counterterrorism investigation

By Press release submission | Jun 18, 2022
ICE announces new policy to protect the civil rights of all individuals including press freedoms

By Press release submission | Jun 18, 2022
HSI-led investigation leads to 25-year prison sentence for sexual exploitation of children by US Navy service member

By Press release submission | Jun 18, 2022
DHS and DOS Announce Exemptions Allowing Eligible Afghans to Qualify for Protection and Immigration Benefits

By Press release submission | Jun 18, 2022
El Paso Area CBP Officers Seize 87 Pounds of Hard Narcotics

By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: New Program Part of Broader Effort to Transform Food System, Create Jobs

By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Senegalese Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall in Washington, D.C., to reaffirm the United States and Senegal’s commitment to mutual security and prosperity. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), chaired by DHS, today released the Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, Or Manufactured With...

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Loan builds off of a previously announced $354 million Federal grant to move this transformative transit project forward

By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
Release: Hello and good afternoon everyone. Thank you all for coming. Thank you to ICSR and MEI for convening us to discuss this important topic.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in conjunction with a section-by-section summary of the bipartisan Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act...

By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: The Ortega-Murillo regime for years has chipped away at Nicaragua’s democratic institutions and, along with a small circle of enablers, has allowed corruption and impunity to reign. Nicaragua is increasingly deepening its relationship with Russia as it turns its back on the Nicaraguan people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Newark, NJ - The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded a 3 day enforcement initiative focusing on subjects wanted out of Essex County, NJ for charges including homicide, weapons possession, robbery, failure to register, and assault. Specifically, “Operation Essex Thunder" resulted in the arrest of 34 individuals on outstanding warrants including 9 for known gang members, and the recovery of one “ghost gun" and ammunition.

By John Kelly | Jun 18, 2022
A Wisconsin court has sentenced a former Wisconsin union president who embezzled $219,000 from an employee benefit plan to eight months of home confinement.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 17.

By John Kelly | Jun 18, 2022
After a week-long trial, an Alexander, Ark., doctor was convicted for being party to a multimillion-dollar bribery racket.

By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Under Secretary of State Bonnie Jenkins and Assistant Secretary of State Mallory Stewart met with Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias and thanked the Director-General for his outstanding leadership of the Organization. The Under ...
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be able to receive my colleague and my friend, the foreign minister of Senegal. Welcome, Aïssata, to the State Department. I had a wonderful visit where we spent a lot of time together in Senegal. We’ve had many conversations since then.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, to honor the 34th anniversary of U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum’s (D-OH) introduction of the WARN Act, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced a revised version of...

By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding opportunity for $11.7 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to support the delivery of training and education to help workers and employers identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards.