News from December 2020
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration announced the release of the National Space Policy, which advocates for developing and deploying nuclear power and propulsion systems on U.S. space missions. President Trump’s National Space Policy affirms the Nation’s commitment to leadership in the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Member of Neo-Nazi Group Sentenced for Plot to Target Journalists and Advocates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Several defendants were recently convicted or sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. On December 4 and December 7, 2020, Uday Shah, 66, of Houston, Texas, and Timothy Andrews, 57, of Deer Park, Texas, were sentenced by Chief United States...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded.40 caliber handgun with 16 bullets onto an airplane at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) Tuesday.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered farewell remarks on the House Floor today. Walden will retire from over 30 years of public service, including 22 in Congress, at the end of the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Michael Devell Smith, 28, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 75 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Smith was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Frankfort man, Ricky Joe Cornish Jr., 33, was sentenced to 120 months in prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after previously pleading guilty to using the internet to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of FORNANDOUS CORTEZ HENDERSON, 33, to 78 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson. HENDERSON who plead guilty on Aug. 26, 2020, was sentenced today by Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant Sold Three Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms, Including One Machine Gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Individual Pleads Guilty to Participating in Internet-of-Things Cyberattack in 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H. Res 549, a resolution reaffirming the House’s commitment to diversity in media...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La., Dec. 9, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing approximately $12 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Louisiana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has issued three separate, but related, Indictments, charging 30 residents of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio with narcotics trafficking and firearm possession, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: - Today the U.S. Census Bureau celebrates the 5th anniversary of The Opportunity Project (TOP) with a three-day virtual conference featuring more than 35 new products from industry collaborators including SAP, Mapbox, Esri, IBM and Harvard University that utilize open data from the Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Four illegal aliens have been sentenced to prison terms for returning to the U.S. after prior deportation, and five others have made U.S. District Court appearances on similar charges.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to exclude individuals from Taiwan from participating in UNESCO affiliated events, including the International Centre for Theoretical Physics’ winter school...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2020: Countering Religious Intolerance in Indonesia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007469. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: Type...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of FORNANDOUS CORTEZ HENDERSON, 33, to 78 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson. HENDERSON who plead guilty on Aug. 26, 2020, was sentenced today by Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement on House passage of four bipartisan energy bills.
