News from July 2020
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 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 | Jul 19, 2020
News Release: The Thumb Fire, which started on July 16th, is approximately 3,800 acres. Growth is primarily in the southern and eastern portion of the fire perimeter. Fire behavior was moderate with increased activity in isolated pockets of fuels.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: A Lebanese national wanted in Florida who is alleged to have conspired to engage in, and actually engaged, in the laundering of drug proceeds through the use of the black market peso exchange in support of Hezbollah’s global criminal-support network and a Cypriot national who is wanted in the Northern District of Georgia and the District of Arizona for cyber intrusion and extortion, were both extradited yesterday from the Republic of Cyprus to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: US Park Rangers at Antietam National Battlefield are investigating recent graffiti vandalism on the Robert E. Lee statue within the park. Graffiti and other forms of damage to parks are harmful and illegal. Repair of vandalized sites is costly and time consuming, and staff often cannot restore sites and resources to their former condition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: A Lebanese national wanted in Florida who is alleged to have conspired to engage in, and actually engaged, in the laundering of drug proceeds through the use of the black market peso exchange in support of Hezbollah’s global criminal-support network and a Cypriot national who is wanted in the Northern District of Georgia and the District of Arizona for cyber intrusion and extortion, were both extradited yesterday from the Republic of Cyprus to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, President Trump announced the award of a $2 million 9/11 Memorial Act grant to the National September 11 Memorial & Memorial Plaza in New York City. The funding through the National Park Service will provide critical support for the continued operation, maintenance and security of the memorial and museum.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: Two Alleged Criminals - A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker - Extradited from Cyprus to the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement on the passing of civil rights leader and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: The Internal Revenue Service wrapped up its annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of tax scams with a special emphasis on aggressive and evolving schemes related to coronavirus tax relief, including Economic Impact Payments. The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota urge taxpayers to be vigilant to these tax scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Aaron Lee Fischer, 27, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for production of child pornography. Fischer was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison. There is no parole in the federal...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to once again extend this policy for an additional 30 days. The expiration date for these accommodations is now Aug. 19, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) remain committed to resuming removal hearings for aliens subject to the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) as expeditiously as possible. To lend greater certainty in a fluid COVID-19 environment, DHS has maintained ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) remain committed to resuming removal hearings for aliens subject to the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) as expeditiously as possible. To lend greater certainty in a fluid COVID-19 environment, DHS has maintained ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives announced 12 Tribal consultations to occur virtually across the United States in the coming months. American Indians and Alaska Natives experience disproportionately high rates of violence. President ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec has issued the following statement: “Today, Dustin Lee Honken was executed at USP Terre Haute in accordance with the death sentence imposed by a federal district court in 2004. Honken was pronounced dead at 4:36 p.m. EDT by the Vigo County Coroner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Two citizens of Ukraine have admitted they conspired to smuggle and distribute counterfeit cancer and hepatitis drugs into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday modified the Main Street Lending Program to provide greater access to credit for nonprofit organizations such as educational institutions, hospitals, and social service organizations. As detailed in term sheets released today, the Board approved two new loan options to provide support to a broad set of nonprofit organizations that were in sound financial condition prior to the pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to North Carolina with Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05), the Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, to highlight the nation’s continued economic recovery from the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of up to $400,000 in grant funding through its Brookwood-Sago grant program to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in, and around, the nation’s mines.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to North Carolina with Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05), the Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, to highlight the nation’s continued economic recovery from the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. ...
