News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Ronee Damien Williams, 25, of Dallas, Texas was convicted by a federal jury yesterday of multiple firearm and drug offenses following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: FBI, Williamson County Sheriff Seek Information Regarding Missing Georgetown Woman.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) are requesting a briefing from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and sports companies involved in the evolving college basketball bribery scandal. They released the following statement this afternoon...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found HECTOR CARDONA-DIAZ, 30, of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, guilty of orchestrating the murder of a Connecticut man in December 2014, and a related cocaine trafficking offense. The trial before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea began on Sept. 11, and the guilty verdicts were returned yesterday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke testified at the annual U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on threats to the homeland.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – In the wake of a disaster, Americans have always come together with compassion and courage to ask how they can help survivors. For Hurricane Maria, there are three ways that the public can leverage the expertise and experience of non-profit, ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 2017) – Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s vision of a broad reform of the American tax code, which will result in dramatic tax cuts for millions of American individuals, families, businesses, and family farmers, ranchers, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Today members of the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will receive one of the most prestigious awards for their achievements in public service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: A Norwegian corporation has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $21 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Tyson Poultry Inc. (“Tyson”), pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield, Missouri, to two criminal charges of violating the Clean Water Act stemming from discharges at its slaughter and processing facility in Monett, Missouri. Tyson, the nation’s largest chicken producer, is headquartered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) will be required to divest SGL Carbon SE’s (SGL) entire U.S. graphite electrodes business in order for SDK to proceed with its proposed $264.5 million acquisition of SGL’s global graphite electrodes business, the Department of Justice announced today. The Justice Department’s Antitrust ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: A federal court in Illinois permanently enjoined a Metropolis, Illinois caviar supplier from distributing adulterated food, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Westlake Services LLC and its subsidiary, Wilshire Consumer Capital LLC, have agreed to pay $760,788 to resolve allegations that the companies violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) by repossessing 70 vehicles owned by SCRA-protected servicemembers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: A Republic of Benin man unlawfully residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 48 months in prison, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today welcomed the confirmation of Makan Delrahim as the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. “Makan is an outstanding lawyer with a deep devotion to the integrity of our free market system,” said Attorney General Sessions. “His ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: The federal banking agencies on Wednesday proposed a rule intended to reduce regulatory burden by simplifying several requirements in the agencies' regulatory capital rule.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement on the President’s announcement on tax reform today: “President Donald J. Trump’s tax reform framework is great news for Americans and American job creators. This plan will create a simpler and fairer tax system. American families will keep more of their hard-earned pay, and job creators will have more resources to invest in the American workforce.
By State News Post | Sep 27, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 27, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
