News from August 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Goss: We write to express our concern regarding the use of your office for political purposes. The American public expects and deserves a fair assessment of the Social Security program’s financial status and effects of proposed legislation, however actions over the past several years raise...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man who held positions involving facility maintenance at three collegiate institutions pleaded guilty today in connection with receiving bribes in exchange for directing contracts to favored contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Maysville, Ky., man, William Scott Smith, 39, pleaded guilty on Monday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to attempted enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley woman was sentenced to federal prison for her participation in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating between California and Raleigh County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stephanie McClung, 48, of Beckley, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 25, 2020, a federal grand jury indictment was issued against Jeffrey R. Jones (age: 35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to perpetrating three schemes between March and July 2020 connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, through which he defrauded consumers and the federal government’s relief programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Detroit man pled guilty to a federal drug charge today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kwaine Brengettcy, 34, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Bayfield, WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is pleased to announce that the Shaw Point Historic District on Sand Island in Lake Superior was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 27, 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2020
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - The 28-acre Rankin Fire first reported Friday, Aug. 28, has been contained. The fire was listed contained Saturday evening after crews finished establishing a line around the fire. Ignited by a lightning strike, the fire burned in the interior of the park, three miles northwest of the park’s visitor center.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to Treasury Department guidance on payroll tax deferral...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2020
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Following a night of limited fire activity, fire crews are working to secure the edges of the Rankin Fire. As of 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, the lightning-caused wildfire remained at an estimated 28 acres in size.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 75 million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, President Trump announced an additional up to $1 billion will be added to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program while the economy continues to reopen.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020) – Sunday marks the 130th anniversary of the authorizing legislation establishing the 1890 Land-Grant Universities (LGUs). Almost 30 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act of 1862, the Second Morrill Act, creating our nation’s historically black ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the seizure of three websites used by three front companies: Mobin International, Sohar Fuel, and Oman Fuel, who arranged a multimillion dollar fuel shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, that was bound ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (Herbalife), a U.S.-based publicly traded global nutrition company, has agreed to pay total penalties of more than $122 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The resolution arises out of Herbalife’s scheme ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: An American man was indicted today in connection with exploiting teenage boys in Laos.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement on the Ninth Circuit's stay in Index Newspapers LLC, et al v. United States Marshals Service, et al: “Last night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit entered an order temporarily blocking an injunction entered by a federal district ...
