Skip to Main Content

Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/11/24

Press Releases : May 11 - May 17

5/13 - DOD Statement on the President's Decision Prohibiting the Acquisition of Certain Real Property of Cheyenne Leads by MineOne Cloud Computing Investment I L.P. in Close Proximity to Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (DOD; see also, WH order)

5/13 - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Convenes Election Threats Task Force Meeting (DOJ)

5/13 - Leveraging Federal Funding across Government to Expand Access to Justice: Updates from the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (DOJ; see also, ATJ website)

5/13 - Biden-Harris Administration Marks 2024 Infrastructure Week as $11.5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Investments Reach State Finance Programs Across the Country Through Investing in America Agenda (EPA)

5/13 - FERC Takes on Long-Term Planning with Historic Transmission Rule (FERC; see also, factsheet)

5/13 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Kicks Off Infrastructure Week by Highlighting Historic Results Spurred by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda (WH; direct to state fact sheets page)

5/14 - New Current Population Survey Table Package Now Available (Census)

5/14 - CISA, DHS, FBI and International Partners Publish Guide for Protecting High-Risk Communities (CISA; direct to guide page)

5/14 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China’s Unfair Trade Practices (DOC)

5/14 - New EPA Survey Highlights Wastewater Infrastructure Needs to Protect Waterbodies in Communities Across the Country (EPA; direct to survey page)

5/14 - FBI Releases Officers Killed and Assaulted in the Line of Duty, 2023 Special Report and Law Enforcement Employee Counts (FBI; direct to special reports page and employee counts page)

5/14 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Maternal Mental Health Task Force’s National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care Amid Urgent Public Health Crisis (HHS: direct to strategy and report to Congress)

5/14 - NIST Finalizes Updated Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Information (NIST; direct to Protecting CUI and Assessing Security guidance pages)

5/15 - FTC Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report (FTC; direct to report)

5/15 - New Web Page Highlights Records Held Around the Country (NARA; direct to website)

5/15 - NASS releases Census of Agriculture Congressional District Profiles and Rankings (NASS; direct to profiles and rankings pages)

5/15 - Applying Social and Behavioral Science to Federal Policies and Programs to Deliver Better Outcomes (WH/OSTP; direct to blueprint)

5/16 - CDC unveils newly revamped CDC.gov (CDC; see also, About the new cdc.gov page)

5/16 - Population Rebounds for Many Cities in Northeast and Midwest (Census; see also, press kit info)

5/16 - More People Moved Farther Away From City Centers Since COVID-19 (Census)

5/16 - Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military (DOD; direct to report page; see also, DOD secretary statement)

5/16 - Justice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana (DOJ; direct to OLC opinion)

5/16 - FEC retires Enforcement Query System (FEC; see alternative Enforcement page)

5/16 - FEC discusses proposed Directive regarding requests to redact contributor information, approves candidate’s [Pence] eligibility for matching funds (FEC; see also, NYT article and 5/17 follow-up FEC statement)

5/16 - ICE updates online data dashboard (ICE; direct to website)

5/16 - Treasury Announces 2024 National Illicit Finance Strategy (Treas; direct to strategy)

5/17 - David DePape Sentenced after Conviction on Assault and Attempted Kidnapping Charges (DOJ)

5/17 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces New Actions to Advance Racial and Educational Equity on 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (WH)

Bills Signed into Law : May 11 - May 17

Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.


5/13 - H.R.1042, Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act - limits the importation of uranium from Russia; DOE may waive under certain conditions

5/16 - H.R. 3935, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 - reauthorizes the FAA through FY2028 (via WH)

Trump Indictments: May 11 - May 17

Classified documents search warrant/indictment:

5/12 - Team Trump Says Classified Docs Judge Aileen Cannon Is a ‘Godsend’ (via Rolling Stone)

5/15 - There’s One Way Jack Smith Can Push Back Against Aileen Cannon (via Slate)


2020 election/January 6 indictment:

None this week


2020 election/Georgia indictment:

Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)

None this week


NY criminal trial (Stormy Daniels payoff):

Daily court transcripts (unable to capture in IA) and other court documents (via NY Courts)

Court transcripts and exhibits (full/searchable PDFs, via Law360)

5/13 - ‘Take care of it’: Michael Cohen says Trump was directly involved in Stormy Daniels payoff (via The Guardian)

5/16 - Trump’s hush money trial is nearing an end after a day of heated Cohen cross (via Politico)