News from May 2020
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) and Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement on next week’s Appropriations Committee hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote to President Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today urging them to cancel the president’s inappropriate campaign-style rally scheduled for May 3 at the Lincoln Memorial, which is supposedly closed for events through at least May 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Related Forfeiture Complaint Filed for Approximately $12.3 Million in Funds is Largest Ever Seizure of IRGC-QF Related Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Peruvian Man Pleads Guilty to Overseeing Call Centers that Threatened and Defrauded Spanish-Speaking U.S. Consumers.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Middletown, N.J. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health officials, Gateway National Recreation Area is increasing limited recreation access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45) today introduced legislation to increase accountability for federal agency heads and other officials that have not been vetted by the Senate. Her Accountability for Acting Officials Act would limit who can serve as an “acting" official and for how long, closing various loopholes in the current law. The bill would also ramp up transparency and reporting by acting officials.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Multi-Faceted Approach Designed to Protect Seniors from Fraud & Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Marcus Anderson (34, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Hayat Choudhary, CEO of Atlanta Airport Shuttle Services, Inc., d/b/a Meskerem Restaurant, has pleaded guilty to bribery for paying $20,000 in cash to a City of Atlanta Department of Procurement official to secure a contract at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton man pleaded guilty via video conference in federal court today to shooting a United States Postal Service mail carrier.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: “The beginning of May is the peak time for birds migrating north for the summer," says Pam Sanfilippo, Chief of Museum Services and Interpretation, Gateway Arch National Park. “The first two weeks of May, we will turn off the Gateway Arch’s exterior lights to avoid the possible disorienting effect of the monument’s upward lighting on birds that migrate at night.".
By State Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We believe it is dangerous and shortsighted of the Trump Administration to pause U.S. funding for the life-saving work of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Venezuela and throughout the Americas in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Trump’s decision to halt...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today federal charges filed in the shooting of a United States Postal Service Letter Carrier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn issued the following statement on Law Day, celebrated on May 1st of each year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kenneth Houck, 45, of Syracuse, New York, was arraigned yesterday on an indictment charging him with possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Susan Ferensic, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Albany Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of Christopher Charrier, of Louisville, with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney’s Offices of the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Small Business Administration are asking small business owners to be aware of possible scams relating to the CARES Act.
