News from March 2023

By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: February marks Black History Month, a time set aside to recognize and honor the achievements and legacy of Black Americans across U.S. history and society.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
Release: We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice. These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) launched an investigation into reports that an unaccompanied alien child and MS-13 gang member murdered a 20-year-old Maryland woman in July 2022.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced today that Anthony Darnell Patterson, 29, of Grand Rapids was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for illegally possessing and selling guns. Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou also ordered Patterson to spend three years on supervised release following his confinement.

By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
Release: The United States is committed to significantly reducing Iranian energy exports and will sanction those facilitating Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical trade. Today, the Department of the State is designating six entities that have engaged in the transport or sale of Iranian petroleum products or petrochemical products, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, and is identifying 20 vessels as property or interests in property of these entities.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: A federal court in Miami, Florida, has entered permanent injunctions against Rudy Aly, Rhonda Hudge, Cindy Odige, and TUPS Tax, LLC, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business. Aly was enjoined after failing to respond to the United States’ complaint. Hudge, Odige, and TUPS Tax consented to their injunctions.

By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: I congratulate Ambassador Cindy McCain on her appointment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization to serve as the next Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP). For over 60 years, WFP has played a vital role in addressing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: Fifty-seven teams from 63 collegiate institutions have earned a spot in the final stage of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon ® 2023 Design Challenge.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK - A federal court has ordered a Brewster home care provider to stop retaliating against employees in an effort to obstruct a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the employers’ pay practices.

By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced several enforcement actions that support national and international goals to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in our fight against climate change. These civil penalty actions include three landmark settlements with ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Addressing mercury contamination at the Y-12 National Security Complex is one of the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s (OREM ) top priorities.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today released the following statement regarding the declassification of all reports regarding the origins of COVID-19...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), and the Department of Justice today issued a joint compliance note on the use of third-party intermediaries or transshipment points to evade Russian- and Belarussian-related ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of KEVIN CHIU, a former business relationship manager at a financial...

By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Member of the 1850 Boston Vigilance Committee. Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts. Date of Birth: March 12, 1815. Place of Death: Boston, Massachusetts. Date of Death: May 28, 1900. Thompson Baxter is listed as a member of the 1850 Boston Vigilance Committee, an organization...

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.