News published on Federal Newswire in July 2018

News from July 2018


The US Transportation Department published a nine page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Plantation Resident Convicted of Making False Statement to Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer

News Release: Yvens-Son Dudley Jeudy, 26, of Plantation, was convicted today by a federal jury of knowingly making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer.


News Release: Kansas Man Convicted of Producing Child Pornography.


Chairman Gowdy Statement on Census Director Nomination

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy released the following statement after the President announced his intent to nominate Steven Dillingham to serve as Director of the Census Bureau.


Akron Man Indicted for Making Threats Involving Explosives and Killing Police Officers

News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court for making threats involving explosives and interstate threats stemming from posts he made on Facebook in which he referenced making explosives and shooting police officers.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Allegheny County residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug, firearms, and witness tampering laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Grijalva: GOP Just Voted to Protect Secretary Zinke From Accountability by Denying Full Funding for DOI Inspector General

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Moments ago the House Republican majority voted down Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) amendment to the Department of the Interior (DOI) funding bill that sought to increase the DOI Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) funding by $2.5 million. Grijalva said the vote shows...


ATF Undercover Operation Leads to Hattiesburg Guilty Pleas

News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Santoria L. French, 41, of Hattiesburg, and Lemont Antoine Jackson, 37, of Jackson, each entered guilty pleas to felony charges yesterday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, announced U. S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Two Individuals Indicted In July 2018 Federal Grand Jury

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the July 2018 Federal Grand Jury.


Firefighters make progress on Paine Fire northeast of Ely

News Release: ELY, Nev. - Firefighters overnight made good progress toward securing the southern and western edges of the Paine Fire in Duck Creek Basin, about 15 miles northeast of Ely, Nev. Today, hand crews with aerial support will work to secure and tie in the northern and eastern flanks of the fire.


Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Kidnapping Charge Arising from Kidnapping and Carjacking at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo

News Release: Non-Indian Defendant Acknowledges Kidnapping and Carjacking Two Women at Pueblo’s Casino and Resort and Robbing Them.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Pakistan

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 199,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Pakistan during the 2018/2019 marketing year.


News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jamie Wheat, 42, of Laurel, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 188 months in federal prison, followed by seven years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Derryle Smith. Wheat was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.


Committee Advances Slate of Federal Lands, Water Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed 10 bills, H.R. 5171 (Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo.), H.R. 5347 (Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.), H.R. 5556 (Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.), H.R. 5923 (Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark.), H.R. 5979 (Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky.), H.R. 6038 (Rep. Kevin...


Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Goodall's Life Sentence in Kidnapping Case of Wake Forest Man

News Release: RALEIGH - First Assistant United States Attorney G. Norman Acker, III announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of SHAMEIKA GOODALL, a/k/a Donna Diva, 32, of Covington, Georgia, who was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III in June 2017 to life imprisonment for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.


Connecticut Business Owners Who Profited from Unlawful Exports to Pakistan Are Sentenced

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a father and son were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court for profiting from unlawful exports to Pakistan. U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill sentenced both MUHAMMAD ISMAIL, 67, of Meriden, and KAMRAN KHAN, 38, of Hamden, to 18 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.