News from April 2021
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden's intent to nominate Dr. Ali Nouri for Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Federal authorities this week arrested three Inland Empire residents on fraud charges alleging they used information belonging to California state prison inmates to file for pandemic-related unemployment benefits, with each causing at least $345,000 in losses.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Redwood National and State Parks is seeking enthusiastic local youth age 15 to 18 to apply for Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) jobs this summer. This highly successful program offers local teens a chance to participate in conservation work throughout Redwood National and State Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that JUSTIN EUGENE JAMESON, a/k/a Justin Brown, 38, of Denver, Colorado was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 25, 2021, for felony possession of a firearm. The Indictment alleges that on or about Feb. 15, 2021, in Johnson County, Wyoming, Jameson who is a prior convicted felon, knowingly possessed firearms and brought them across state lines.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) announced the list of participants for their forum on President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The participants who will be joining members of the Committee will be focusing on the devastating impacts President Biden’s decision on the pipeline will have on jobs and workers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced April 15 as the opening date for the North Sand Hills Special Recreation Management Area (SMRA).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Northwest, Southwest and Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Councils will meet jointly and individually next month. All meetings will be held virtually on the Zoom platform in accordance with CDC guidelines.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging four individuals with allegedly participating in a conspiracy to use the personal identifying information of 35 Virginia prison inmates in order to fraudulently obtain over $300,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - Special Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering Alliance (CMLA) seized Thursday $1.28 million in cash from an abandoned vehicle in the Stumpy Beach-area on the west end of St. Thomas, USVI and arrested four men.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jonathan L. Morgan, age 32, of Gloversville, New York, pled guilty today to distributing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - James Howard, 43 has been sentenced to federal prison for 92 months for possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Another member of the violent international street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is set to appear in federal court for his alleged role in a 2018 murder, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Following the release of President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request, House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Chairs praised the request in statements. Excerpts of reactions from Cardinals with links to full statements are below.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers located and arrested a Mexican national gang member, convicted felon and clear threat to public safety in Aurora, Colorado April 9.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s discretionary budget request for Fiscal Year 2022...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former nurse was sentenced in federal court in Boston today for diverting liquid morphine intended for hospice patients at a Lowell nursing home.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Chairman James E. Clyburn sent letters to three Trump Administration advisors-Dr. Scott Atlas, Dr. Paul Alexander, and Dr. Steven Hatfill -seeking documents and transcribed interviews regarding their roles in the Trump Administration’s pandemic response. Chairman Clyburn also...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Dillon Merritt, 53, of Many, Louisiana, has been convicted by a federal jury in the Western District of Louisiana on firearms charges. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Romanian national was extradited from Germany to the District of Massachusetts to face racketeering conspiracy charges relating to an ATM skimming operation throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: New Scholarships and Fellowships Will Help America Harness Nuclear’s Full Potential to Power a Clean Energy Future
