Law News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 23, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: ICYMI: Senator Markey, Leader Schumer, Ranking Member Wyden Blast Republicans’ All-Out Assault on Clean Air and Climate
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts Ed Markey Senator Markey joined by Democratic Leader Schumer, Ranking Member Wyden, and climate advocates Washington (May 22, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of […]
MIL-OSI USA: Tuberville, Banks Call for End of Taxpayer-Funded Student Loans for Terrorists
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Alabama Tommy Tuberville WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) in introducing the No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act. This bill prohibits students from receiving credit for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) while working at organizations that engage in illegal activities. The legislation works […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Parole Board chair appointed
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets Retired High Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue has been appointed chairperson of the New Zealand Parole Board, Attorney-General Judith Collins announced today. “I welcome the appointment of someone with Justice Doogue’s legal acumen and administrative experience to this demanding role,” Ms Collins says. Justice Doogue began her legal career with Cairns […]
MIL-OSI USA: Governor Polis Signs Wage Theft Bill into Law to Ensure Fair Pay for Workers, Bills to Protect Wildlife and Pets
Source: US State of Colorado GOLDEN/WHEAT RIDGE/DENVER – Today, Governor Polis signed bills into law to ensure workers are paid the wages they have earned, protecting workers and supporting Colorado’s workforce. Governor Polis signed HB25-1001 – Enforcement Wage Hour Laws, sponsored by Representatives Duran and Froelich, and Senators Danielson and Kolker. “This new law will […]
MIL-OSI Security: Global Operation Targets Darknet Drug Trafficking
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b) The April 9 search and arrest of four subjects—led by the FBI’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and carried out by FBI Los Angeles and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)—was part of a coordinated operation across four continents that has seized more than […]
MIL-OSI USA: Booker, Hirono Introduce the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Jersey Cory Booker WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act (REAHYA), legislation to authorize federal grants for comprehensive sex education programs and youth sexual health services, and end funding for […]
MIL-OSI Security: New Orleans Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking and Machinegun Crimes
Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –TIERON PRICE (“PRICE”), age 22, was sentenced on May 20, 2025 U.S. District Judge Darrel J. Papillion to 106 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, and a $400 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to […]
MIL-OSI Security: Gang Member Sentenced to 16.5 Years After Conviction at Trial for Leadership Role in Memphis Mob Drug Conspiracy
Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Memphis, TN – A federal judge has sentenced a Memphis man to more than 16 years in federal prison for his involvement in an armed drug trafficking operation. Jeffery “Bud B” Sevier, 48, of Memphis, was sentenced to 198 months in federal prison for conspiring to […]
MIL-OSI Security: Maryland Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Eastern Panhandle
Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Juan Manuel De La Rosa-Tejeda, also known as “Little Papi,” age 39, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for cocaine distribution. According to court documents and statements made in court, De La Rosa-Tejeda was one […]
MIL-OSI Security: Former Solon-based Manufacturer to Pay $6M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Paycheck Protection Program
Source: United States Department of Justice (National Center for Disaster Fraud) CLEVELAND – The Justice Department has announced that Cosmax USA, a corporation having previously done business as two separate entities, Cosmax USA and Nu-World Corporation, has agreed to pay $6 million, of which $3 million is restitution, to resolve allegations under the False Claims […]
MIL-OSI Security: Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Federal Pandemic Fraud Unemployment Benefits Scheme
Source: United States Department of Justice (National Center for Disaster Fraud) ABINGDON, Va. – The final defendant charged in a 17-member conspiracy that defrauded the United States, committed program fraud and mail fraud in connection with a scheme involving the filing of fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment benefits pled guilty today in U.S. District Court […]
MIL-OSI Security: Honduran Man Charged With Re-Entry Of Removed Alien
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ERIK ROBERTO MACHADO-MENCIA, a/k/a “ROBERTO MACHADO-MENCIA,” (“MACHADO-MENCIA”), age 36, a native of Honduras, was indicted on May 22, 2025, for re-entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8 United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson. According to the indictment, MACHADO-MENCIA was found in […]
MIL-OSI Security: Mexican National Charged with Illegal Firearm Possession
Source: Office of United States Attorneys KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Illegal Possession of a Firearm. Jose Montero-Barradas, 34, was charged in a one-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. Today’s indictment charges that Montero-Barradas, a citizen of Mexico, […]
MIL-OSI Security: Sacramento Man Indicted Twice in Four Months for Firearms and Controlled Substance Offenses
Source: Office of United States Attorneys A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Gabriel Erasmo Cabrera, 22, of Sacramento, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. According to court documents, Cabrera was […]
MIL-OSI Security: Woman Caught Dealing Drugs While on Supervised Release Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Source: Office of United States Attorneys Yakima, Washington – Acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced that Gabriela Abundiz, age 45, was sentenced after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian imposed a sentence of 180 months to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. According to […]
MIL-OSI Security: Federal Charges Filed After Deadly Shooting of Israeli Diplomats in D.C.
Source: Office of United States Attorneys WASHINGTON – Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, has been charged with federal and local murder offenses in connection with the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff members outside the Jewish National Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. […]
MIL-OSI USA: News 05/22/2025
VIDEO: Tennessee Artist Martina McBride Urges Congress to Pass Blackburn’s NO FAKES Act
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, led a hearing examining the consequences of AI-generated deepfakes. During the hearing, Tennessee multi-platinum country music singer-songwriter, Martina McBride, called on Congress to pass Senator Blackburn’s NO FAKES Act to protect individuals […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Police shut down drug operations across Kumeū
Source: New Zealand Police Police have uprooted several illicit drug operations nestled amongst the community in Northwest Auckland. In the past week, Police have recovered nearly 400 kilograms of cannabis, 40 grams of cocaine and made three arrests. Waitematā North Area Commander, Inspector Mike Rickards says local Police have been targeting large cannabis grow house […]
MIL-OSI USA: Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Calling for Affordable Flood Insurance Ahead of Hurricane Season
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Louisiana Bill Cassidy [embedded content] WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor highlighting the need for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to remain affordable and the danger that Risk Rating 2.0 poses to low- and middle-income families’ ability […]
MIL-OSI USA: Government Watchdog Concludes Trump is Illegally Impounding Funding—Senator Murray Responds
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) decision released this morning, which concludes that President Trump is illegally impounding funding approved by Congress in violation […]