Washington, DC - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the availability of $17.5 million in financial and technical assistance to help eligible conservation partners voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on private and tribal agricultural lands.

Washington, DC - Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Debbie Feinstein issued this statement following the announcement from Sysco and U.S. Foods that they will abandon their proposed merger:

Durham, North Carolina - U.S. law enforcement agencies rank the threat of violence from anti-government  extremists higher than the threat from radicalized Muslims, according to a report released Thursday by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security (TCTHS).

Tucson, Arizona - Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents recently completed training in a variety of life saving techniques specific to the remote desert environment.

Washington, DC - Friday, the U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey sentenced the OtisMed Corporation’s (OtisMed) former chief executive officer, Charlie Chi, to 24 months in prison and also ordered him to serve one year of supervised release and to pay a $75,000 fine.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Justice Department announced that the owner and operator of a payment processing company that was involved in the unauthorized withdrawal of millions of dollars from consumers’ bank accounts was charged with fraud.