News from January 2018
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement at a hearing on U.S. policy in Syria after the collapse of ISIS. The committee heard testimony from Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that President Trump, during immigration policy negotiations, made disparaging comments about Haiti, El Salvador and African countries...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today introduced a series of resolutions laying out principles for broadband infrastructure. By removing barriers to buildout, supporting innovation, and focusing on communities that need it most, these four resolutions led by #SubCommTech members set the groundwork for a larger legislative process.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Whether you drive, bike, run or walk, you may visit the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for free on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - National Park Ranger Lindel Gregory has been selected as the new Chief Ranger at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, following the retirement of former Chief Ranger Dennis Weiland last year. He begins his new assignment in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Jason Dixon (32, Palm Coast) today pleaded guilty to distributing “crack" cocaine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Donald Cain, 49, of Conroe, Texas, and formerly Columbia, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court to interstate stalking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to two years of probation, together with six months home detention, and restitution of $85,000.00 on his convictions of food stamp fraud and theft of government property, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: In Del Rio, 58-year-old James Edward Cox of Waxhaw, NC, admitted to conducting an advanced fee investment scheme through which he and others obtained in excess of $5 million from their victims announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A South Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 7 ½ years in federal prison following his conviction for his role in an alien smuggling incident which led to the kidnapping of eight illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Kan., man has been convicted at trial following a confrontation with law enforcement officers at the Richard Bolling Federal Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on the introduction of the Goodlatte-McCaul legislation: “I appreciate the leadership of Chairmen Goodlatte ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds those interested in attending this year’s Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF) that early bird registration ends Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. The two-day meeting will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, February 22–23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has settled False Claims Act allegations against dental management company Benevis LLC (formerly known as NCDR LLC) and more than 130 of its affiliated Kool Smiles dental clinics for which Benevis provides business management and administrative services. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: An Ohio man was charged in a 16-count indictment today for allegedly creating and installing malware on thousands of computers for more than 13 years in order to watch, listen to, and obtain personal data from unknowing victims, as well as produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of James McHenry as the permanent Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice. McHenry has served as the Acting Director of EOIR since May 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Today, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment (the Indictment) against Akayed Ullah, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, in connection with Ullah’s detonation and attempted denotation of a bomb in a subway station near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on Dec. 11, 2017. Three ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: A Harvey, Illinois, man was sentenced to 63 months in prison today for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. for the Northern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Paul Carter, 47, of Milwaukee was sentenced today to 21 years in prison, reduced by three years for time served, after pleading guilty on Oct. 6, 2017, to four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor and sex trafficking, announced Acting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Four individuals, including a Texas mayor who was a licensed physician and medical director, and three owners of a health care company, were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a $150 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Three of the defendants were also charged ...
