News from January 2019
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Washington--Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a majority staff report Thursday that examines the root causes of the sharp increase in family migration and its implications, titled, “Judicial Rulings Ending the Obama Administration’s Family Detention Policy: Implications for Illegal Immigration and Border Security.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following this afternoon’s classified congressional briefing, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting a delay in the lifting of sanctions on businesses tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. On Dec. 19, 2018, the Treasury Department announced its intention to terminate the sanctions against Rusal, EN+, and EuroSibEnergo (ESE).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Washington-The House Committee on Foreign Affairs today released a video featuring Chairman Eliot L. Engel and his colleagues from South Florida-Representatives Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Donna Shalala, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz-on the illegitimacy of Nicolas Maduro’s new term and the lawmakers’ plans to introduce new legislation supporting the Venezuelan people in the coming weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Justin Raymond Nekeferoff, 32, resident of Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to 50 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for attempted production of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Shawn Brooks, age 27, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was convicted by a federal jury in Lincoln of thirteen counts of robbery and firearm-related charges. Brooks was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit robbery; five counts of interference with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - U.S. District Chief Judge Greg N. Stivers sentenced James L. Holland Jr., of Monroe County, Kentucky, to 108 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervision, and ordered him to pay $32,000 in restitution to six victims for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that yesterday a federal jury in Anchorage convicted Steven Bachmeier of Kenai of one count of mailing a threatening communication. The victim was a Superior Court Judge for the State of Alaska. In a 2017 court filing, Mr. Bachmeier threatened to kill the Judge’s family.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to Chairman Elijah Cummings’ upcoming hearing with Michael Cohen...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Safety is the top priority for the FAA. Air traffic controllers and the technicians who maintain the nation’s airspace system continue to serve their critical mission to ensure the public’s safety. We are allocating resources based on risk assessment to meet all safety critical functions. If we identify an issue, we recall inspectors and engineers to address it. We sincerely thank FAA employees who are working to keep the traveling public and our skies safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a HOPE Clinic physician, Dr. John Pellegrini, D.O., 64, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment for conspiracy to launder money. Pellegrini was also ordered to forfeit $574,507 to the United States, as that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
Release: Agency looking to fill dozens of positions at Nashville International Airport.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that President Trump would like to use disaster recovery and emergency relief funds to pay for his border wall...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted a partner at an Ocean County law firm for evasion of taxes totaling more than $1 million; filing false income tax returns; failing to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS; and making false statements on a bank loan application, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that it will resume trash collection, urgent roadwork and sanitation services at its parks within the District of Columbia starting on Friday, January 11. Some of these services had been donated by park partners since the start of the lapse of appropriations in December 22.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate Democratic health leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today requesting detailed information on the Trump Administration’s spending of user fees generated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace exchanges, including HealthCare.gov.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the lineup of Republican staff directors for five of the panel’s six subcommittees.
