News from April 2020
By State Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security; and Jerrold L. Nadler, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, today issued the following statement calling on the Trump Administration to explain the legality of the decision to suspend the rights of asylum seekers in the United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Today Ranking Member Jim Jordan called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney to halt conducting Oversight Committee business over the popular teleconference platform “Zoom" in a letter citing concerns about cybersecurity as well as the China-based performance of many of the company’s operations.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
Release: Thank you for that introduction. Today, we face an extremely dire situation on the global energy stage – one that requires our immediate attention and focus. As we all know, the impact of COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on world economies. In particular, the impact on world energy markets has ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs in exchange for large upfront payments, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: ROANKOE, Va. - The Virginia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force, led by U.S. Attorneys Thomas T. Cullen and G. Zachary Terwilliger, sent letters to the CEOs of all major hospital systems across the Commonwealth alerting them of potentially fraudulent and illegal activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Inspector General’s report on the Treasury Department’s handling of Chairman Richard Neal’s, D-Mass., request for Donald Trump’s tax returns under section 6103 of the tax code...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Chairwoman Maloney’s April 8 press release “New Document Shows Inadequate Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment and Critical Medical Supplies to States"[1] is flawed and misleading. The Chairwoman utilized information that is outdated, does not reflect current needs or realities on the ground, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Terrell, 35, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division have opened an investigation into the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke to examine whether the Soldiers’ Home violated the rights of residents by failing to provide them adequate medical care generally, and during the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: He was previously convicted of sexual abuse in Delaware.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $199,536 Phase 1 funding to Analytical AI of Birmingham, Alabama. Analytical AI received its award under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program’s (SVIP’s) “Object Recognition and Adaptive Algorithms...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that D’Angelo Antonio Coakley, 30, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced via teleconference to 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a series of armed robberies that culminated in a high-speed chase and shots fired at South Carolina Highway Patrol Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Two Richmond men pleaded guilty today to their respective charges in separate cases in federal court.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Martin-Pinero CPM LLC - a construction contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia - for exposing employees to fall hazards after a fatal incident at a highway construction project in Atlanta. The company faces $170,020 in penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management has selected John Elliott as the field manager for its Lander Field Office. Elliott previously served as the assistant field manager for renewable resources at the Worland Field Office. He begins his new position on April 12.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a report of a small plane crash approximately 6 miles west of Clingmans Dome at approximately 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 10. The single occupant of the plane, Georg Kustermann, age 47, of GA, deployed the plane’s parachute north of Silers Bald...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with the U.S. Department of State, has flown home a total of 1,037 U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs) on the return leg of removal flights via ICE Air Operations. U.S. citizens and LPRs occupied the Space Available...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three people have been charged in connection with their roles in the distribution of heroin - some of which contained fentanyl - and cocaine base (crack) in an affordable housing complex and a nearby senior living community in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, a bicameral group of Democratic Members of Congress submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit challenging a Trump Administration rule that would undermine access to birth control for women across the country. Since the Affordable...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Emmanuel Lugo-Fernandez, a 31-year old Hanover man.
