News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce that during the morning hours of Jan. 3, 2019, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested fugitive Jamil L. Mitchell on an outstanding warrant from the Superior Court of Cumberland County, New Jersey for Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
Release: Agency looking to fill many positions at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - Nationwide, TSA screened 1.60 million passengers yesterday (Tuesday, Jan. 15). Overall, nearly 100 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 97.3 percent of passengers, less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓® lanes, passengers on average waited less than 10 minutes. Please refer to the table below for top airport specific wait times.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Joseph Dixon, Jr., 22, St. Louis, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for carjacking and possessing a firearm during a federal crime of violence. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and House and Senate leadership to introduce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and the Special Agent in Charge Chris Hacker of the FBI Atlanta Field Office have released the following statements in regards to the arrest of Hasher Taheb.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters requesting information from six companies about the sale and misuse of cell phone geolocation data. The letters were sent to Zumingo, Microbilt, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. The letters seek to increase transparency surrounding how U.S. wireless carriers and third parties are accessing, transferring, storing, and securing customer location information.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led Democrats in questioning Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler in the committee's hearing on his nomination. Senator Carper urged the acting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
Release: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - US Deputy Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette, welcomed the growing energy cooperation between Israel and Egypt, and announced the US continued support for Israel’s efforts to develop the rich natural gas resources of the eastern Mediterranean. Both Ministers agreed that this additional ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Oregon has returned two indictments charging six people with running sex trafficking organizations operating in the U.S., Canada and Australia. The indictments were unsealed today following a series of arrests by FBI Portland’s Child Exploitation Task Force (CETF) resulting from a multi-district takedown operation on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters requesting information from six companies about the sale and misuse of cell phone geolocation data. The letters were sent to Zumingo, Microbilt, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. The letters seek to increase transparency surrounding how U.S. wireless carriers and third parties are accessing, transferring, storing, and securing customer location information.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: The House today approved legislation to provide relief and recovery assistance for Americans affected by recent hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, and other natural disasters. To ensure that the funding provided in the bill can be used to immediately assist disaster victims, the legislation also included a Continuing Resolution to reopen the federal government through February 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, announced that United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Miguel Angel Martinez-Ramos and Michael Rosa-Rodríguez to 23 years of imprisonment for carjacking and for discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $45 million for new research in chemical and materials sciences aimed at advancing the important emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS). A wide-ranging multidisciplinary area of research, QIS is expected ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Speaker Pelosi’s call to delay the State of the Union address...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters requesting information from six companies about the sale and misuse of cell phone geolocation data. The letters were sent to Zumingo, Microbilt, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. The letters seek to increase transparency surrounding how U.S. wireless carriers and third parties are accessing, transferring, storing, and securing customer location information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Joseph Dixon, Jr., 22, St. Louis, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for carjacking and possessing a firearm during a federal crime of violence. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
