News from May 2018
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement as he announced the subcommittee chairmen and subcommittee assignments for Republican Members of the Committee for the remainder of the 115th Congress...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Boundary Adjustment Study / Environmental Assessment Is Complete.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: (WESTON, Fla.) - The former National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia and an attorney from Colombia were extradited yesterday to the United States to face wire fraud and money laundering charges related to the promotion of foreign bribery.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Painter Gwen Sullivan is Mesa Verde National Park’s Artist in Residence, from May 14 to 26. During her residency, Gwen will use a variety of painting techniques and mediums, while focusing on her new passion - making oil and watercolor paint using pigments taken from soil.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: At the request of the Department of Defense, and federal security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 99.7 - “Special Security Instructions" - to address the potential threat posed by malicious drone operations by establishing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) specific airspace restrictions over select, national security sensitive locations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JORGE BOLANOS, age 33, of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute One Kilogram or more of Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Warren man previously charged by way of a federal criminal complaint with enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity and child pornography charges was arrested this morning and arraigned on a six-count federal grand jury indictment returned yesterday charging him with...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after the House Steering Committee recommended Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) to serve on the Ways and Means Committee...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore, in conjunction with the National Safe Boating Council, celebrates National Boating Week from Saturday, May 19 through Friday, May 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Perrin D. Edwards, D.P.M., age 65, of Kinderhook, New York, was sentenced today to 1 year of probation, 50 hours of community service, and a $5,000 fine for committing health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: The former National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia and an attorney from Colombia were extradited yesterday to the United States to face wire fraud and money laundering charges related to the promotion of foreign bribery.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce documents it is withholding regarding efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel C. Silva (619) 546-9713, Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714, and David J. Rawls (619) 546-7966.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2018
Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - In what is expected to be the busiest summer travel season ever nationwide, officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) showcased some of the key assets they will use to keep passengers departing Oakland International Airport (OAK) safe and secure: highly visible canines, specially trained to detect explosives and explosive components.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) released a letter they sent to Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, demanding answers regarding the Department’s involvement in assisting Chinese phone ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant Arrested Weeks Later After Stand-off With Police; Later Assaulted Corrections Officer at Jail.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following opening remarks today at a hearing on Quantum Computing...
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: “It’s unfortunate the Republicans chose to take this path, and it’s clear from their inability to get the necessary votes from within their own caucus that there are internal fractures they have to contend with. But this is a good opportunity for us to return to the table and fix this bill before we...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: do City project, including a Trump International Resort, Trump International Golf Club, and Trump Residences Lido.[11] Documents show that the Trump Organization and President Trump’s sons were directly involved in planning the project and the Trump Organization was paid almost $3.7 million in licensing and consulting payments by MNC.[12].
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Salem man, who believed he was enticing a 15-year-old girl to engage in prostitution while actually communicating online with an undercover Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke on a federal sex-trafficking charge, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
