U.S. Politics Press Releases

Livingston Student, Seth Baskies Creates Essay Contest to Get New Jersey Students Involved in Law and Public Policy

LIVINGSTON, NJ, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- While one might assume Seth Baskies’ passion for public policy grew out of his afternoons working at a local law firm, it was his days umpiring Little League baseball that made …

UNBANNED: National Book Ban Conversation Celebrates National Library Week and Emancipation Weekend in DC

Award-Winning Documentary Screening, Expert Panel, and Community Bookstore Unite in DC WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Across the country, books are being challenged, restricted, and removed, but stories still …

NEWS RELEASE: HAWAIʻI NATIONAL GUARD PREPARES FOR THIRD STORM WHILE CONTINUING RECOVE

  STATE OF HAWAI‘I KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI   HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE KA ʻOIHANA PILI KAUA OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL   JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA   MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN F. LOGAN ADJUTANT GENERAL KA ʻAKUKANA KENELALA   BRIGADIER …

News Release – DOH Campaign Warns Parents about Beverage Industry’s “Sweet Lies”

STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI   JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO   KENNETH S. FINK, M.D., MGA, MPH DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CAMPAIGN WARNS PARENTS ABOUT BEVERAGE INDUSTRY’S “ …

Guatemalan Human Smuggler Pleads Guilty for Role in 2021 Mass Casualty Event in Chiapas, Mexico

A Guatemalan national charged in connection with the Dec. 9, 2021 mass casualty event in Chiapas, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to human smuggling charges related to the crash of a tractor-trailer packed with at least 160 illegal aliens — many of them …

Business Owner Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for $100M COVID-19 Tax Credit Scheme

A Nevada woman was sentenced yesterday to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to defraud the United States by fraudulently claiming nearly $100 million in COVID-19 related employment tax credits. The Department of …

RELEASE: PUBLIC URGED TO BE VIGILANT AGAINST CONTRACTOR FRAUD FOLLOWING STATEWIDE DISASTER

STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI   JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS KA ʻOIHANA PILI KĀLEPA      NADINE Y. ANDO DIRECTOR     KA LUNA HOʻOKELE       Public Urged to be Vigilant Against Contractor …

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Issues Memorandum on the Creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche today released a Memorandum on the Creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. Read the full memo. The core mission of the National Fraud Enforcement Division is to zealously investigate and …

California Man Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating $270M Medication Reimbursement Fraud Scheme

A California man pleaded guilty yesterday to submitting nearly $270 million in fraudulent claims over an 11-month span to California’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) for expensive prescription drugs that were medically unnecessary and, in many instances, not …

Federal Permitting Is Creating Roadblocks to Scaling Clean Energy Deployment, New Crux Survey Finds

Of projects delayed or abandoned in the last 12 months, 94% cited federal permitting as contributing factor; with at least 11 GW of projects materially impacted NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Today Crux, the …

National Partnership of Insurance Brokers and its Former Subsidiary Agree to Pay Over $135 Million For Affordable Care Act ...

AP of South Florida, LLC (APSF), an insurance brokerage company headquartered in Florida, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment fraud scheme. APSF, through its highest-ranking executives, preyed on thousands of …

Justice Department Conducts Court-Authorized Disruption of DNS Hijacking Network Controlled by a Russian Military Intelligence ...

Today, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced a court-authorized technical operation to neutralize the U.S. portion of a network of small office/home office (SOHO) routers compromised by a unit within Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of …

RELEASE: SECOND QUARTER HAWAIʻI ANNUAL BUSINESS REPORTS DUE

STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI   JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS KA ʻOIHANA PILI KĀLEPA   NADINE Y. ANDO DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE   BUSINESS REGISTRATION DIVISION   TY Y. NOHARA COMMISSIONER OF …

NEWS RELEASE: Hawai’i January Unemployment Rate at 2.2 Percent

STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI   JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA   DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM KA ʻOIHANA HOʻOMOHALA PĀʻOIHANA, ʻIMI WAIWAI A HOʻOMĀKAʻIKAʻI   JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE   …

Kansas Non-Profit A Million Thanks Adds Interactive Bracelets to Veteran Letter Bundles for America 250 Initiative

Limited-edition bracelets will be included in veteran letter bundles, combining handwritten support with interactive digital messages. TOPEKA, KS, UNITED STATES, April 6, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A Million Thanks today announced a donation of 250 …

Mexican National Extradited from Canada Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

A Mexican National pleaded guilty today for conspiring to distribute and distributing narcotics in and around Portland after being extradited from Canada.

Repeat Felon Sentenced To Almost 22 Years In Prison For Gun and Drug Trafficking Crimes

Emir Balat And Ibrahim Kayumi Indicted For March 7, 2026, Isis-Inspired Attack Outside Gracie Mansion

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Kash Patel, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Commissioner …

Charlotte Man Sentenced to Prison for Bank Fraud Conspiracy And Aggravated Identity Theft In Stolen Check Scheme

Registered Sex Offender to Serve Ten Years in Federal Prison for Repeat Possession of Child Pornography