News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee mark up on the Highway Trust Fund...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man was sentenced today, in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge Malachy Mannion, to serve 70 months in prison on charges of bank fraud and assisting in the preparation of a false federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Pierre Johnson aka “Too Good," 39, of Houston, has entered a plea of guilty to trafficking children under 18 for commercial sex, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the recent events in Israel and the Palestinian territories...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Marvin T. Howard, age 28, of Youngstown, Ohio, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, announced that a federal...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 GUATEMALA CITY— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson concluded a two-day trip to Guatemala with U.S. Southern Command Commander General John Kelly, Counselor to the Department of State Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, and Department ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: 106,000 Payment Helping Farmers in 40 States Recover from Losses; Producers reminded sign-up deadline approaching for ELAP WASHINGTON, July 9, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided a 12-week progress report on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance programs today, announcing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Deputy Attorney General James Cole announced today that the Justice Department will implement a series of steps to help address the influx of migrants crossing the southern border of the United States. These include refocusing immigration court resources to adjudicate the cases of recent migrants; providing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Triceutical Inc. and its president, Liqun Zhang, of Farmingdale, New York, to prevent the distribution of adulterated dietary supplements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON –Today, leaders in the fight against elder abuse announced a framework for tackling the highest priority challenges to elder abuse prevention and prosecution, and called on all Americans to take a stand against the serious societal problem of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Deputy Attorney General James Cole made a return trip today to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s McAllen Station and processing facility to discuss steps the Department of Justice is taking to help address the influx of migrants crossing the southwest border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Jaime Viteri, a Chicago businessman, pleaded guilty to two counts of willfully failing to file federal individual income tax returns today, announced the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with the city of Hubbard, Oregon, resolving an investigation of the city under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The investigation found that the city’s online employment application asked questions about disabilities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Two Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members have pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Departments of Justice and Education announced today that they have reached a comprehensive agreement with the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana (JPPSS) to ensure that all students can enroll in school regardless of their own national origin or immigration status, or that of their ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in the Southern District of New York to a one-count information charging the bank with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia returned indictments charging four law enforcement officers with civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in connection with an incident that occurred at Bainbridge ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 17-18, 2014. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: "Today Congress has taken positive bipartisan action that will benefit America's workers, businesses, and our economy," said Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. "By bringing all stakeholders to the table when it comes to job training -- business leaders, community colleges, non-profits, labor and others ...
