News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2020
News Release: Yosemite National Park remains closed due to hazardous air quality. However, park through roads are now accessible for vehicular traffic desiring to drive through the park. Limited services are available throughout the park. Visitors should be prepared to drive through without stopping.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to nine years’ imprisonment and four years supervised release on his conviction of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to nine years’ imprisonment and four years supervised release on his conviction of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart will hold a press conference in Beckley on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 at approximately 12:00 p.m. to discuss developments in the case of United States v. Natalie Cochran.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: In light of recent positive developments, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, at the direction of President Trump, will delay the prohibition of identified transactions pursuant to Executive Order 13942, related to the TikTok mobile application that would have been effective on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, until Sept. 27, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota responded Saturday to the introduction of the second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, citing progress for several different groups of farmers, but work yet to be done to help all producers impacted by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: “Along with the entire US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, I am saddened by the loss of Justice Ginsburg. She was a dedicated jurist who believed deeply in the constitutional principles she defended, including equality for all people. When I think of the truly outstanding attorneys who...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2020
News Release: FBI Washington Field Office Statement on Suspicious Letter.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component offices have worked diligently to serve the American people across all fronts while making health and safety precautions a top priority. As the American homeland continues to open up, DHS’s components continue to see a return to pre-COVID operations. Most recently, the Transportation Security Administration saw an uptick in travel over Labor Day Weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 2020) – Earlier today, President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced up to an additional $14 billion dollars for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. After listening ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Begins Sept. 21 (Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 2020) – President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced up to an additional $14 billion dollars for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) will begin September 21st and run through Dec. 11, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky will be departing November 8, 2020. He will be returning to become the CEO of the American Soybean Association (ASA), a position in which he previously served for 21 years. He will begin that role on November 9, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from Operation Legend. Today’s case is out of the Northern District of Ohio. Operation Legend launched in Cleveland on July 29, 2020, in response to the city facing increased homicide and non-fatal shooting rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Two individuals have been charged with bribery offenses in connection with Department of Defense contracts as part of the Fraud Section’s ongoing efforts to combat corruption and fraud in contracting on U.S. military installations overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: On Sept. 14 to 18, criminal investigators and attorneys from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG) and the U.S. Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) collaborated to put on a week-long training for USDA-OIG criminal investigators, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Two Virginia attorneys were sentenced today on federal extortion charges for their roles in a scheme to extort a multinational chemicals company by threatening to inflict substantial financial and reputational harm on the company if their demands for a $200 million payment disguised as a purported “consulting agreement” were not met.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it is requiring Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (ABI), its wholly-owned subsidiary Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC (AB Companies), and Craft Brew Alliance Inc. (CBA) to divest CBA’s entire Kona brand business in the state of Hawaii and to license to the acquirer ...
