FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Dec. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Kendrick D. Bates, 40 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after a jury found him guilty of distributing methamphetamine, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and maintaining a drug-involved premises, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Bates was sentenced to 360 mon more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced the Senate Republican Conference committee assignments for the 119th Congress. The assignments have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be ratified by the full Senate early next Congress. Agriculture John Boozman, Arkansas Mitch McConnell, Kentucky John Hoeven, North Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Roge more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined with a group of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republicans in writing a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concerns about the Biden Administration's renewal of the U.S.-People's Republic of China (PRC) Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement (STA) for an additional five years. Previously, China has leveraged the U.S.-PRC STA research cooperation  more PR