News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Minnesota Woman Sentenced in Federal Firearms Case

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Make a False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Department of Energy Invests $72 Million in Carbon Capture Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Under this cost-shared research and development...


UPDATE: The road between Mud Volcano and Fishing Bridge Junction remains closed and will likely reopen within a week

News Release: * The road between Mud Volcano and Fishing Bridge Junction remains closed due to a gasoline spill from an overturned tandem trailer on a commercial motor vehicle.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on National Preparedness Month, which starts today...


Rockford Man Indicted on Charges of Transmitting Threats to Law Enforcement Officer

News Release: ROCKFORD - GIANNI GASPARE ANTHONY CARDENAS, 25, of Rockford, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford on two counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce to injure another person.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $9.8 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Massachusetts Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday the results of recent enforcement actions targeting removable aliens who have been arrested for, or have pending charges or convictions, for crimes involving victims in Colorado and Wyoming.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $42 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Indiana Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Auto Dealership Owner and Finance Manager Plead Guilty in Fraud Case

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Harborcreek, Pennsylvania and a resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: The Science of Being Prepared. September is National Preparedness Month, but I find that the Scout Motto encouraging boys and girls to always “Be Prepared" are good words to live by, no matter what month it is. We’ve always lived in an uncertain world with ever-emerging threats, but being prepared is...


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $18.4 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Virginia Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Meth Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who was one of twenty-six people indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2018 as the result of a series of ATF Task Force and FBI Safe Streets Task Force undercover Project Safe Neighborhoods investigations targeting individuals illegally obtaining and/or trafficking firearms, and trafficking narcotics, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced the results of enforcement actions, which resulted in the targeted apprehension of more than 300 individuals within the local area of responsibility (AOR).


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of JOSIAH RAUL MOSQUEDA, 28, to 20 years in federal prison. MOSQUEDA, who pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography on December 6, 2019, was sentenced today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold an online news conference to announce the findings of three reports: Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019, and The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019. The income and poverty report provides...


Troy J. McRath Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute 50 Grams Or More Of Methamphetamine

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 31, 2020, Troy J. McRath, 43, of Elizabethton, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.


New Haven Men Charged with Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Patrick Griffin, State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of New Haven; New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes; David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Kelly D. Brady...


Engel, Maloney, & Menendez Release Charles Faulkner Interview Transcript

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations today released the following...