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Office of the Spokesperson The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: In his first call as Secretary of State, Secretary Antony J. Blinken spoke with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau today. Noting the close partnership between the United States … Read More

Office of the Spokesperson Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver remarks to the media tomorrow, January 27, 2021, at 3:30PM in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State. Out of an abundance of caution, in order … Read More

Ian G. Brownlee, Acting Assistant SecretaryBureau of Consular Affairs Marty Cetron, CDC Director for Global Migration and Quarantine Via Teleconference MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us today for this briefing to discuss the current state … Read More

Office of the Spokesperson The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.… Read More

Office of the Spokesperson The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remind all travelers that beginning tomorrow, January 26, all air passengers two years of age or older arriving to the United States … Read More

Ned Price, Department Spokesperson The United States strongly condemns the latest attack on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are gathering more information, but it appears to have been an attempt to target civilians. Such attacks contravene international law and undermine all … Read More

Ned Price, Department Spokesperson The United States notes with concern the pattern of ongoing PRC attempts to intimidate its neighbors, including Taiwan. We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful … Read More

Ned Price, Department Spokesperson The United States strongly condemns the use of harsh tactics against protesters and journalists this weekend in cities throughout Russia. Prior to today’s events, the Russian government sought to suppress the rights to peaceful assembly and … Read More

Daniel B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State Effective January 22, 2021, the United States is suspending the Direct Access Program for U.S.-Affiliated Iraqis for 90 days. As the result of a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic … Read More

Ned Price, Department Spokesperson Restoring and strengthening American diplomatic leadership globally requires leveraging the full talent and richness of American diversity.  To achieve a diplomatic corps truly representative of America, more progress is needed to recruit and retain a more … Read More

Daniel B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State We condemn in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attacks in Baghdad. The dual bombings killed at least 32 people and injured many more. They were vicious acts of mass murder and a … Read More

Office of the Spokesperson The following joint statement was issued by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Begin text: The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United … Read More

Office of the Spokesperson The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), a leading international organization in the field of tall buildings and urban sustainability, honored the U.S. Embassy in London as a 2020 Award of Excellence Winner in … Read More

Office of the Spokesperson The U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and the National Archives and Records Administration today formalized a new partnership to establish the first-ever Fulbright-National Archives Heritage Science Fellowship. Assistant Secretary of State for … Read More

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Via Teleconference QUESTION:  A Fox News alert now, the United States leveling perhaps the most serious charge a country can face, accusing China in the last hour and a bit of committing genocide and … Read More

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State The United States of America has led the world in holding the perpetrators of the most heinous human rights abuses accountable. From the Nuremberg Trials, to the creation of the Genocide Convention in 1948, … Read More

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State The United States has sanctioned three individuals and 11 entities for their ties to a network helping Nicolas Maduro and his illegitimate regime evade U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector.  This action builds on … Read More

Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the Russia-based entity KVT-RUS and identifying the vessel FORTUNA as blocked property.  KVT-RUS is being sanctioned pursuant to Section 232 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for knowingly selling, … Read More

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Today, the United States is announcing visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials responsible for or complicit in undermining Tanzania’s October 28, 2020, general elections.  The actions of these officials subverted the electoral process, continuing the … Read More

Office of the Spokesperson Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea, exercising the authorities of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, will deliver the U.S. statement to the opening plenary session of the Conference on Disarmament … Read More

A Texas man pleaded guilty today to violent gang-related activities in the Eastern District of Texas. More from: January 26, 2021 Hits: 0Sam NewsGreetings I’m Sam. I edit, report and maintain this site. If you have any questions … Read More

A Wisconsin pharmacist has agreed to plead guilty to charges filed today in federal court that he attempted to render hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccine ineffective. More from: January 26, 2021 Hits: 0Sam NewsGreetings I’m Sam. I … Read More

The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with Quantum Integrators Group (Quantum), an IT consulting and staffing company based in New Jersey. The settlement resolves claims that Quantum (1) discriminated against a lawful permanent resident by … Read More

Seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples gang, including top national and state leaders, are in custody after multiple arrests this morning for their alleged participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving multiple murders, drug trafficking, and other … Read More

A former doctor of osteopathic medicine who previously worked at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced today for depriving veterans of their civil rights under color of law by sexually abusing them. More from: … Read More

In San Antonio today, 22-year-old Cost resident Jaylyn Christopher Molina, aka Abdur Rahim, admitted to conspiring to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Syria (ISIS), announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security … Read More

Elizabeth Jo Shirley, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months of incarceration for unlawfully retaining documents containing national defense information and 36 months of incarceration for international parental kidnapping. Shirley, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of … Read More

The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today announced three settlements resolving alleged violations of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act. These are the first enforcement actions that the department and the FTC have brought … Read More

Two leaders of the national gang the Gangster Disciples were sentenced today for a racketeering conspiracy involving murder. More from: January 22, 2021 Hits: 0Sam NewsGreetings I’m Sam. I edit, report and maintain this site. If you have … Read More

A civilian employee working for the U.S. Marine Corps Community Association pleaded guilty today to assaulting his spouse while working in Iwakuni, Japan. More from: January 21, 2021 Hits: 0Sam NewsGreetings I’m Sam. I edit, report and maintain … Read More

A Washington man pleaded guilty today to perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief … Read More

A Texas man was convicted by a federal jury today for operating a website dedicated to publishing writings that detailed the sexual abuse of children. More from: January 21, 2021 Hits: 0Sam NewsGreetings I’m Sam. I edit, report … Read More

The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation, that will eliminate thousands … Read More

A Connecticut man was charged yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with assaulting an officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. He will be presented in U.S. District Court … Read More

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, also known as “Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi,” with acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, … Read More

A developer and his companies have agreed to effectuate $900,000 in compensatory mitigation, preserve undisturbed riparian areas, conduct erosion-control work on streams, and be subject to a prohibitory injunction to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) on … Read More

Tomorrow, the Nation and the world will witness an orderly and peaceful transfer of power in the United States, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swears in President-Elect Biden.  Throughout our Nation’s proud history, this ceremony has served … Read More

A former senior New York construction official was sentenced to 38 months in prison today for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. More from: January 19, 2021 Hits: 0… Read More

On Friday, the Environment and Natural Resources Division publicly distributed a memorandum summarizing important principles and priorities for environmental enforcement. The memorandum, issued Jan. 14 by outgoing Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark, emphasizes that robust enforcement of our nation’s … Read More

Two providers of foreign-language services, Comprehensive Language Center Inc. (CLCI), based in the Washington, D.C., area, and Berlitz Languages Inc. (Berlitz), based in New Jersey, were charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding, impairing, … Read More

She was a small-town girl visiting her big-city sister over the Christmas holiday in 2010. But before the high school honor student can ring in the new year, Phylicia Barnes vanished. From 2018: http://bit.ly/3plMKGv More from: True Crime Daily

In remote La Verkin, Utah, an hour north of the Grand Canyon, a small group of believers have formed the Rocky Mountain Militia. White superiority and the fight for racial purity are among their core objectives. Our cameras take you inside a…

In this clip from Friday’s podcast: Police say a California father killed his son and then himself following a dispute with the child’s mother over his "cult-like" anti-vaccine views. Former prosecutor Loni Coombs discusses the case with host Ana Garcia. From Friday’s…

In the 1980s, Florida’s cocaine imports were among the highest in the nation and regional territories were enforced with intimidation and murder. One dealer would stop at nothing to keep FBI agents from building a case against him and began targeting the…

The 1997 Los Angeles Dunbar Armored robbery, the largest cash heist in United States history. Six masked robbers stole $18.9 million. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI’s greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists. #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime #DunbarArmoredRobbery Season 5 Episode 1: In September…

In this week’s podcast: A suspect in a series of attacks on Black sorority alumnae in Texas has been arrested (1:57). None of the women recognized their attacker, but the man had personal information about them and knew their names. And a…

CASE UPDATES: http://bit.ly/393jxu4 Tim Bosma kissed his wife goodbye and went on a test drive with two guys interested in buying his pickup truck in May 2013 — but Tim never came home. UPDATES: http://bit.ly/393jxu4 More from: True Crime Daily

The story of the event that sent shockwaves around the world On the morning of the 14th December 2012, a lone gunman with a semi-automatic rifle shot his mother at home, then entered Sandy Hook Primary school massacring six adults and 20…

How did a young man who risked his life to help others become targeted for death? And what did a new romance reveal about a mortal enemy he never knew he had? A search for clues turned up a suspect almost no…

With only one piece of physical evidence, a fragment of a vehicle tail light, the FBI hoped to connect a former employee to the crime, in this sneak peak from this weekend’s Full Episode. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI’s greatest law…

The story of a female sheriff’s deputy, her bodybuilder boyfriend – and a 2000 murder. Some people are wondering if an innocent person is behind bars. From 2018: http://bit.ly/3nYXXLF More from: True Crime Daily

When Peter Tobin was convicted for raping and murdering a Polish student in 2006, further investigation linked him to two more murders. Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: youtube.com/c/RealCrime From "World’s Most Evil Killers" America’s top crime convention…

In this clip from Friday’s podcast: An Illinois man is charged with murder after allegedly fatally shooting his girlfriend while driving. John Breseman claims Christina Czuj attacked him while he was driving, prompting him to shoot her multiple times. Criminal defense attorney…

The case of millionaire’s daughter Amy McNeil. Held hostage as her father delivers the ransom, a fatal FBI shoot-out ensues. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI’s greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists. #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime #MissingTeen Season 4 Episode 18: In rural Texas,…

In 1997, Jamie McMahan and Christopher Kauffman went on a crime spree of robbery, kidnapping and murder; then they disappeared. The pursuit for the two killers would take FBI agents on a chase across six states. Real FBI cases are recounted through…

In this week’s podcast: Defense attorneys for the female "killer clown" suspect in Florida want their client released (1:10). Sheila Keen-Warren is accused of dressing up as a clown and killing her future husband’s wife in 1990. Plus, an Illinois man has…

The #FBI needs your help as we continue to investigate threats of violence and criminal activity. Here, Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair of the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office explains how members of the community can report suspicious activity to law…

Henry Gutierrez, a race-car driver, ladies man and multimillionaire owner of a Texas trash collection company, was fatally shot execution-style in his easy chair on Dec. 24, 2015. From 2018: http://bit.ly/3nKww8n More from: True Crime Daily

Meet Sam Vaknin, author of the book Malignant Self Love. Sam knows he’s a supreme narcissist, but is he also, as he suspects, a psychopath? To find out, he becomes the world’s first civilian volunteer to be thoroughly tested for psychopathy. Make…

The entire town of Hope Mills, North Carolina was in a frantic search in 2014 to find 15-year-old Danielle Locklear. The family had a weird feeling whoever took her might still be in their midst. More: http://bit.ly/3oHwcYZ More from: True Crime Daily