News from July 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced two additional hearings on the Trump Administration’s separation of immigrant children on the southern border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District transferred a surplus wildland fire engine to the Central Fire Department today, part of BLM’s effort to respond to rural wildland fires by giving excess equipment and supplies to local fire departments and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Gregory Smith, 51, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Smith pleaded guilty to this charge on April 17, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) requesting an update into its investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Couple Threatened Another Person With a Loaded Gun During a Dispute.
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on "Defense Cooperation: Use of Emergency Authorities under the Arms Export Control Act", with witness testimony from The Honorable R. Clarke Cooper, assistant secretary, political-military affairs at the Department of State.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - A case investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Boston resulted in a federal grand jury indictment of a Las Vegas, NV man on fraud and identity theft charges in New Haven, Connecticut, it was announced July 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Qaiser Gondal, age 47, of Watervliet, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to defraud Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Four Kansas City, Missouri, residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a series of armed robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor based in Gainesville, Florida, was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud for ordering genetic tests for patients he never saw or treated, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement on the House Committee on Rules Democrats rejection of from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. This amendment required the federal government to identify minerals that are critical to the United States and ensured a robust domestic mineral supply.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - On Saturday, July 13, Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site and the City of Richmond invite the public to celebrate the life and legacy of Maggie L. Walker and the Jackson Ward community in which she lived with a community engagement fair, open-house tours, special program at the statue...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography pled guilty on July 8, 2019, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Today, Energy Secretary Rick Perry kicked off the Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit by recognizing more than 20 Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge partners and allies who achieved their energy, water, or financial goals for 2019 and five who have recently set new Challenge goals after meeting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform"...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $600,000 in federal funding for two projects that fall under the High Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) program.
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced legislation to address a growing gap between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Review Act of 2019 (SADRA), along with original cosponsors Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A previously convicted felon is now in federal custody after exchanging gun fire outside of a local fast food restaurant, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
