DESIGNATION OF ANSAR ALLAH AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

The order designates Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) for consideration of designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). The Houthis are supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, which has been linked to terrorist organizations worldwide. Since seizing control of…

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Nominations Transmitted to the Senate

Michael Boren, of Idaho, has been nominated as the new Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, succeeding Homer L. Wilkes who resigned. Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, has been nominated as the new Deputy Secretary of Transportation, replacing Polly Ellen Trottenberg who also resigned. Other nominations include William Briggs to be the Deputy…

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