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On Monday, December 19, 2022, the President signed into law: H.R. 228, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the Norma Comnick Post Office Building; Thank you to Representative LaMalfa, Senators Feinstein and Padilla, and the California delegation for their leadership. H.R. 700,…
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A House panel made four criminal referrals in relation to Donald Trump’s alleged role in the attack on the Capitol. Convictions might make him an unpalatable candidate but wouldn’t bar him from running.

Oval Office 1:41 P.M. EST PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Mr. President, in America we call this is “bringing the press in out of the cold.”  (Addresses press.)  Laugh a little bit.  That was pretty good.  You guys have to admit that. Anyway, I’m glad to see you again after a successful summit we had, the Summit of the Americas,…
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The House Committee’s criminal referrals show that the proceedings are not just about a historical record – they argue that Trump should be held accountable for four criminal charges.

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador at the White House to discuss deepening the economic and security partnership between the United States and Ecuador.  The leaders discussed strengthening regional economic integration through the bilateral Trade and Investment Council Agreement, as well as the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity initiative,…
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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:35 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. I heard a “oh, wow.” I’m not even going to ask why. (Laughter.) All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I just have one — one thing at the top for all of you. First, I want to —…
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The US government regulates many industries, but social media companies don’t neatly fit existing regulatory templates. Systems that deliver energy may be the closest analog.

Office of the Spokesperson
The United States is committed to working alongside our allies and partners to further impose severe consequences on President Putin and his enablers for Russia’s unconscionable war against Ukraine. The Department of State is designating the individuals listed below, as well as an entity owned by one of them, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, which authorizes sanctions with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.
OLIGARCH POTANIN AND HIS NETWORK

VLADIMIR OLEGOVICH POTANIN (Potanin), one of the wealthiest oligarchs in Russia, formerly served as a Deputy Prime Minister for the Russian Federation, and has direct ties to Vladimir Putin. Potanin is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 14024 for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of Interros, an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024. Similar actions against Potanin and his network have been taken by the United Kingdom and Canada.
KHOLDINGOVAYA KOMPANIYA INTERROS OOO (Interros) is Potanin’s company with business across nearly all sectors of Russia’s economy. It is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the financial services sector of the Russian Federation economy
Potanin’s wife, EKATERINA VIKTOROVNA POTANINA, and adult children IVAN VLADIMIROVICH POTANIN and ANASTASIA VLADIMIROVNA POTANINA, are being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(v) of E.O. 14024 for being a spouse or adult child of Vladimir Olegovich Potanin, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) or 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 14024.
The superyacht NIRVANA, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, is being identified as blocked property in which Vladimir Potanin, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024, has an interest.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RUSSIAN RAILWAYS

In February 2022, the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, in consultation with the Department of State, determined Russian Railways to be owned or controlled by, or have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation, and on that basis imposed the prohibitions of Directive 3 under E.O. 14024. The Department of State is designating five members of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways, a major Russian State-owned enterprise, pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024 for being or having been leaders, officials, senior executive officers, or members of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation:

ANDREY REMOVICH BELOUSOV, who also serves as a First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
DMITRIY NIKOLAEVICH CHERNYSHENKO, who also serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
SERGEY OTTOVICH FRANK
OLEG VALENTINOVICH BELOZYOROV
ALEKSEY VALEREVICH SAZANOV

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS, AND A RELATED ENTITY
Governors oversee and enforce the conscription of citizens in response to Russia’s recent mobilization order. The Department of State is designating each of the following individuals pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024 for being a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation or as otherwise denoted:

ANDREY YURYEVICH VOROBYEV has served as the Governor of the Moscow region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2013. Andrey Yuryevich Vorobyev is additionally being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(v) of E.O. 14024 for being the adult child of Yuriy Leonidovich Vorobyev, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O.14024.
·The brother of the Andrey Vorobyev, MAXIM YURYEVICH VOROBYEV, is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024 for being an adult child of Yuriy Leonidovich Vorobyev, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) or 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 14024.
Maxim Vorobyev’s company, AMEREUS GROUP PTE LTD, is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(vii) of E.O. 14024 for being owned or controlled by, or acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Maxim Yuryevich Vorobyev, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024.
ALEXANDER VIKTOROVICH GUSEV has served as the Governor of the Voronezh region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
ALEXEY VLADIMIROVICH OSTROVSKIY has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Smolensk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, at various times since 2012.
VYACHESLAV VLADIMIROVICH GLADKOV has served as the Governor of the Belgorod region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, at various times since 2021.
·ROMAN VLADIMIROVICH STAROVOYT has served as the Governor of the Kursk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2022.
VASILIY YURYEVICH GOLUBEV has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Rostov region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2010.
ALEKSANDR ALEKSANDROVICH AVDEYEV has served as the Acting Governor of the Vladimir region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2021.
ANDREY IVANOVICH BOCHAROV has served as the Governor of the Volgograd region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2014.
ALEKSANDR YURYEVICH DROZDENKO has served as the Governor of the Leningrad region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2015.
OLEG ALEKSANDROVICH KUVSHINNIKOV has served as the Governor of the Vologda region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2014.
ANDREY SERGEYEVICH NIKITIN has served as the Governor of the Novgorod region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2017.
ANDREY ALEKSANDROVICH TRAVNIKOV has served as the Governor of the Novosibirsk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
DENIS VLADIMIROVICH PASLER has served as the Governor of the Orenburg region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2019.
MAXIM BORISOVICH EGOROV has served as the Governor of the Tambov region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2021.
ANTON ANDREYEVICH ALIKHANOV has served as the Governor of the Kaliningrad region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2017.
DMITRIY IGOREVICH AZAROV has served as the Governor of the Samara region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
EVGENIY VLADIMIROVICH KUYVASHEV has served as the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2012.
IGOR GEORGIYEVICH ARTAMONOV has served as the Governor of the Lipetsk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2019.
ALEXANDER VIKTOROVICH USS has served as the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
The son of Alexander Viktorovich Uss, ARTEM ALEXANDROVICH USS, is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024 for being an adult child of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) or 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 14024.
ALEKSANDR VIKTOROVICH MOOR has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Tyumen region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
ALEKSEY LEONIDOVICH TEKSLER has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2019.
VIKTOR PETROVICH TOMENKO has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Altai territory, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH VLADIMIROV has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Stavropol territory, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2013.
RADIY FARITOVICH KHABIROV has served as either the Acting Head or the Head of the Bashkortostan Republic, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
VLADIMIR VIKTOROVICH UYBA has served as either the Acting Head or the Head of the Komi Republic, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2020.
AYSEN SERGEYEVICH NIKOLAYEV has served as either the Acting Head or the Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
OLEG ALEKSEYEVICH NIKOLAYEV has served as the Head of the Chuvash Republic, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2020.
DMITRIY ANDREEVICH ARTYUKHOV has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2018.
ALEKSANDR VASILYEVICH BOGOMAZ has served as either the Acting Governor or the Governor of the Bryansk region, a constituent entity of Russia’s federal system, since 2022.

RUSSIA-APPOINTED PROXY AUTHORITIES IN UKRAINE
The Department of State is designating the following persons pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(F) of E.O. 14024 for being responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners for or on the behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation.

ANDREY ANATOLEVICH ALEKSEENKO was the Russia-appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the military-civilian administration in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine and recently appointed as the new so-called “head” of the Russia-appointed authorities in the Kherson region.
GENNADIY OLEKSANDROVYCH GARKUSHA acted as the Russia-appointed commander of the Berkut police battalion in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The Berkut battalion was previously disbanded after its violent repression of protestors in Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan protests. Russia-installed authorities recreated the Berkut battalion as part of the police force in then-Russia-controlled Kherson city. The Berkut battalion is alleged to have been tasked with repressing resistance to Russia’s forces and intimidating residents of Russia-controlled regions in southern Ukraine.
VOLODYMYR VITALYOVYCH LIPANDIN acted as the Russia-appointed chief of police of the city of Kherson while it was still under Russia’s control.
OLEKSII OLEKSANDROVYCH DYKIY acted as the so-called “Minister of Internal Affairs” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. Within his role, Dykiy holds oversight over filtration camps located in the Donetsk region of Ukraine at multiple sites and facilities associated with the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic Ministry of Internal Affairs.” Dykiy also leads a reconnaissance battalion known as the “Operational Combat Tactical Formation,” or OBTF, which took part in the destruction of Mariupol.
VOLODYMYR MYKHAILOVYCH BOBRYSHEV acted as the Russia-appointed Head of the Human Resources Department of the so-called Kherson Region Ministry of Internal Affairs during Russia’s control of the city of Kherson.
KATERYNA YURIIVNA GUBAREVA acted as a Russia-appointed deputy head and chief of staff for Russia’s military-civilian administration in the Kherson region of Ukraine.
MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF THE SO-CALLED DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC was an entity of the formerly self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. Personnel of this entity were directly involved in the forced filtration of civilians at multiple sites in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

It has been one year since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and six months since the first pictures were released. Astronomers are already learning unexpected things about the early universe.