WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2023: A Vermont man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting several law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. William Arthur Nichols, Jr.,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Deportation officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested Myrat Mahadev, a 35-year-old citizen of Turkmenistan, in Vermont on Jan. 30. Muhadov, a noncitizen fugitive, had an active arrest warrant in Turkmenistan for charges related to financial crimes. ERO officers arrested Muhadov at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest announced that the United States Attorney's Office has launched a series of presentations in Vermont high schools aimed at educating students on identifying, reporting, and preventing hate crimes and other civil rights violations. This effort is part of the Department of Justice's United Against Hate Program, developed by its Hate Cr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The White House issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2023, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Minnesota protecting reproductive health: * * * With Governor Tim Walz's signature, Minnesota has codified the protections of Roe into law, the first state legislature to do so in 2023. Americans overwhelmingly support a woman's right to make her own health care decisions, as so clearly demonstrated last fall when voters turned out to defend access to abortion -   more