News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: During a two-day conference this week, the Tribal Nations Leadership Council (TNLC) met virtually with senior Justice Department officials, covering a range of issues, challenges and opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne A. Witkowsky, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack, and Bureau of International Organization Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Allison Lombardo will travel to The Hague, the Netherlands, from May 22 to 25, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida veteran (and self-proclaimed bodybuilder) who exaggerated his mental and physical impairments to increase the disability payments he received from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pled guilty yesterday to theft of government funds from a federal agency and now faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today in New York City with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss President Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine and its devastating effects on global food security. They discussed the Secretary-General’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Akron, OH - Earlier today members of the U.S. Marshals Service in Miami, Florida recovered two missing juveniles from Akron, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park on Friday, May 27, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm for a sunset hike to the top of famous Mount Baldy. Even though the area is closed for general public use, this ranger-led tour allows visitors to safely experience the beauty and spectacular sunset views of Lake Michigan and Chicago from one of the tallest dunes in the national park.
By Press release submission | May 20, 2022
Inside the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, sits a nondescript building; light brown, made of brick, and looking very much the part of a 1940s-era facility.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging them to implement the provisions of the Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks Act before Memorial Day weekend. In part, the members wrote.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on May 19.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture Committee on May 19.
By Press release submission | May 20, 2022
In Geneva at the High-Level Roundtable for the Horn of Africa Drought, the United States announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of Africa region.
By Press release submission | May 20, 2022
President Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine, conducted with the complicity of the Lukashenka regime, continues to cause needless suffering and thousands of civilian casualties.
By Press release submission | May 20, 2022
Thank you, Madam President. I think I have to say before beginning my intervention, that the narrative we’ve just heard from the previous speaker is also astonishingly one-sided.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: After being convicted at trial of Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the appointment of a Director of the Office for Access to Justice to lead its efforts to improve the federal government’s understanding of and capacity to address the most urgent legal needs of communities across America.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Idowu Raji, age 40, of Baltimore County, Maryland, to 94 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft in relation to multiple financial schemes. The Court also ordered Raji to pay $1,793,472 in restitution.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing to examine ongoing efforts to censor classroom discussion about American history, race, and LGBTQ+ issues, and to punish teachers who violate vague and discriminatory state laws by discussing these topics. The hearing followed the Subcommittee’s April 7, 2022, hearing on book bans.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on May 19.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after the House passed H.R.6531, Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022 in a bipartisan vote...
