News from September 2024
By Federal Newswire | Sep 6, 2024
WASHINGTON DC — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party appeared on NewsNation to discuss the recent arrest of a former Deputy Chief of Staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The individual has been charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 6, 2024
La EPA aumenta los esfuerzos de aplicación de la ley civil y penal debido a la eliminación global de los HFC, un súper contaminante climático
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) presented its closing arguments before Administrative Law Judge Jay L. Himes on September 4, 2024. The case in question involves Natalia Lynch, docket number 9423.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
Susan Rice, recognized for her influential roles in both domestic and foreign policy, will be featured in a fireside chat hosted by the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings on Thursday, September 5. The event will see Rice in conversation with China Center Director and Senior Fellow Ryan Hass.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
Financiada por la agenda Invertir en Estados Unidos del presidente Biden, la EPA anuncia 34 solicitudes tribales y territoriales seleccionadas a través del competitivo programa de Subvenciones para la Reducción de la Contaminación Climática.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education has released 52 fact sheets detailing the Biden-Harris Administration's investments in public education across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. This announcement coincides with the conclusion of the Department’s week-long “Fighting for Public Education” Back to School Bus Tour.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of the final "Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through EPA’s Meaningful Engagement Policy" on September 5, 2024. The updated policy aims to enhance public participation in the agency's programs and regions by ensuring that EPA actions are informed by the experiences of communities and individuals it serves.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed consent decree to cover the cleanup costs of the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge Township and Sayreville, New Jersey. The settlement, totaling $151.1 million, will be paid by parties identified as potentially responsible for the site contamination, including NL Industries, Inc., its former customers, Old Bridge Township, several federal agencies, and the state.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
WESTBY, WI, Sept. 5, 2024 – During a visit to Wisconsin today, President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to build clean energy for rural communities across the country through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. Together, New ERA and other investments in rural clean energy in the President’s Inflation Reduction Act make up the largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Rural...
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
El mapa actualizado se carga más rápidamente, incluye información adicional para ayudar a proteger a las personas del humo de los incendios forestales
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will host over 60 National Day of Service and Remembrance events on September 11 at VA national cemeteries across 34 states and Puerto Rico. These events are open to the public and aim to honor veterans, service members, law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and other first responders who served on September 11, 2001, and in the years since.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of Blue Lake Rancheria in California for an $11,498,810 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. This grant is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda and aims to combat climate change through a project named “Empowering Tribal Sovereignty: Creating Climate Resilience through Carbon Sequestration.”
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $91,074 in back wages and damages from JRM Enterprises Inc., operating as JRM Landscape & Design, a Littleton-based landscaping company. The recovery follows an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
Yuki Gambaryan has appealed to both the Nigerian and U.S. governments for assistance in securing the release of her husband, Tigran Gambaryan, a former U.S. federal agent and current Binance employee who is imprisoned in Nigeria. Yuki shared her statement in an August 26 YouTube video.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has joined several civil rights and civil liberties groups in submitting an amicus brief to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs. The case concerns extensive searches conducted on phones and laptops belonging to an individual charged with simple assault during a protest.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
On September 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the recipients of $300 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants for Tribes and U.S. territories. This funding is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda. The EPA selected 34 applications from 33 Tribal recipients and the Municipality of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to address climate change, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate clean energy transitions.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced updates on goods and products produced through child or forced labor, the industries where children are exploited, and how governments can combat these abuses.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The United States and the Republic of Korea convened the seventh U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Working Group on September 5-6 to counter cyber threats posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Led by Deputy Special Representative for the DPRK Seth Bailey and ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Korean Peninsula Policy Lee Jun-il, the meeting underscored the continued close collaboration between the U.S. and ROK governments to disrupt the DPRK’s ability to generate revenue through malicious cyber activity, which it uses to fund its unlawful WMD...
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
On September 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service released an updated version of the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map. This tool aims to provide millions of Americans with enhanced information to protect themselves from wildfire smoke.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 5, 2024
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Egypt on the occasion of the 2024 U.S.-Egypt Joint Economic Commission.
