News published on Federal Newswire in April 2020

News from April 2020


News Release: Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Minors in California.


Park Releases Snake Creek Study Results

News Release: BAKER, NV - Great Basin National Park is pleased to release the results of a three year study by Colorado State University, National Park Service Water Resource Division, U.S. Geological Survey, and Front Range Community College.


Flaming Gorge Dam remains temporarily closed to all visitors

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Flaming Gorge Dam and Visitor Center will remain temporarily closed to all visitors until further notice. Visitation has been closed during the winter season and would normally reopen on April 15. However, in support of recommended guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and...


News Release: FBI Offers $5,000 Reward in Hunt for Fugitive.


Wyden Statement on Delay of Stimulus Checks to Add Donald Trump’s Signature

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to reporting that cash payments to millions of Americans will be delayed in order to put Donald Trump’s signature on the checks...


News Release: PORTLAND-Today, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams and FBI Special Agent in Charge Renn Cannon denounced discrimination and acts of hate targeting Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and other racial and ethnic minorities and called on Oregonians to take steps to counter xenophobia throughout the state.


Statement of U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson on Arrests of Susan and William Harris by U.S. Marshals Service in Oklahoma

News Release: “In keeping with its highest traditions and revered reputation, by tracking and apprehending these fugitives the United States Marshals service has demonstrated once again that any attempt to flee from justice is a fool’s errand," said U.S. Attorney Anderson. “Thanks to the dedication of the Marshals...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Monday, U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez ordered the final forfeiture of $3.9 million in private jet shares bringing the total court-ordered forfeiture this year to more than $54 million related to the DC Solar Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joshua Brissette, 35, of Burlington, Vermont, was charged this morning by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of ...


News Release: Defendant currently serving state sentence in Maryland for sexual abuse of a minor.


News Release: Fredonia, AZ - Pipe Spring National Monument will be celebrating National Park Week April 18-26, 2020.


News Release: MIAMI, Fl. - U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan sent a letter to South Florida hospital executives on Monday, asking them to share information about individuals and companies that may be acquiring or selling medical supplies for the purpose of hoarding or price gouging.


U.S. Relations With Democratic Republic of the Congo

Release: More information about the Democratic Republic of the Congo is available on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL-Rachel L. Rojas, special agent in charge of the FBI Jacksonville Division, announces the selection of Mark A. Hoffman as the assistant special agent in charge (ASAC) of the FBI Jacksonville criminal branch. Mr. Hoffman will oversee the violent crimes against children, cyber, civil rights...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Isaiah Matthew Chavez, 29, of Albuquerque, New Mexico has been charged in a criminal complaint with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person under indictment. Chavez will make his initial appearance in federal court on April 16.


Krishnamoorthi Seeks Documents on Ventilators Meant to Supply Federal Stockpile

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter requesting documents and information from Philips North America Corporation regarding its contract to produce low-cost, portable ventilators intended to be stockpiled by the federal government in the event of a pandemic, like the coronavirus crisis now ravaging the country.


Following Chairman Neal’s Request, Treasury Decides to Automatically Issue Economic Impact Payments to Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Department of Treasury announced that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will automatically receive the economic impact payments authorized by the CARES Act and will not have to file a simplified tax return to access those funds...


USDA Announces 2020 Cotton Loan Rate Differentials

News Release: Washington - USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced the 2020 crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton.


East Longmeadow Man Charged with Attempted Arson at Longmeadow Assisted Living Residential Facility

News Release: BOSTON - An East Longmeadow man was arrested today and charged in connection with attempted arson at a Longmeadow assisted living residential facility.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - William Westfall, 36, of Albuquerque, New Mexico has been charged in a criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will make his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque on April 16.