News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2023
USDA Announces Major Program Improvements, Progress, and Investments to Benefit American Farmers, Ranchers, and Producers
By DHS Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
A lead on a a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line has resulted in the arrest last month in Spain of a foreign national on the Federal Bureau of Investigations' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a moderated conversation with University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics founder and director David Axelrod on Jan. 20, 2023, at 4:15 p.m. EST / 3:15 p.m. CST. The Secretary will offer perspective on the Biden Administration’s approach to foreign policy and help mark the Institute’s 10-year anniversary.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with Japan’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeaki Matsumoto. The two leaders presided over the signing of a new Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Ministry ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $5 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments has been provided to the state of Florida and to households affected by Hurricane Ian to help survivors jumpstart their recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Rocky Mount, NC - The U.S. Marshals, Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force (CRFTF), announce the arrest of Travon Kierre Baker, age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland. Baker was arrested Sunday morning in Baltimore, MD, by the U.S. Marshals and the Maryland State Police. Baker was wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred in Rocky Mount, North Carolina earlier this year.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) issued a statement following the announcement that Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó’s term has come to an end.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Renters who received disaster assistance from FEMA for flood-damaged personal property, that returned or continued living in the same address, must notify FEMA of their intention to stay in the affected rental property. This requirement must be completed for FEMA to directly purchase a Group Flood Insurance Policy (GFIP) on behalf of the applicant.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (Jan. 18, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at six National Priority List (NPL) Superfund sites in New Hampshire this year.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Frank Mora, Ph.D., was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States on Dec. 30, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) released the following statement in support of Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker and the national security implications of delaying the speakership.
By US DOT Newswire Report | Jan 19, 2023
The National Transportation Safety Board recently announced it is investigating a runway “incursion” at John F. Kennedy International Airport involving an American Airlines Boeing 777 and a Delta Boeing 737 on Jan. 13.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Jan 19, 2023
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently announced the appointment of 32 leaders from organizations from the domestic travel and tourism industry to the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
“CONDEMNING INTIMIDATION TACTICS OF PRO-ABORTION ACTIVISTS“ was published in the House section on page H168 on Jan. 11
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer and Inciting Mob.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Chicago, Illinois, January 19-20 to participate in a moderated conversation at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, where he will help mark the Institute’s 10-year anniversary. While in Chicago, Secretary Blinken will also meet with leaders ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4 Kibble balance.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul released a statement following the vote solidifying the House Select Committee on China.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 19, 2023
A national auto parts distributor and an Arizona logistics company that improperly categorized 1,398 drivers as independent contractors must pay them $5.6 million in back wages and liquidated penalties under a consent judgment in federal court.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The governments of the U.S. and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 17, 2023, to strengthen protections for workers participating in temporary foreign worker programs.
