News from August 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts’ response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Tropical Storm Henri, beginning on Aug. 20 and continuing.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressing grave concerns over reports the Taliban has acquired a significant...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - U.S. Minerals, Inc., a corporation accused of exposing employees to elevated levels of arsenic at its Anaconda facility, today admitted violating the Clean Air Act, said Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer applauded the passage of the Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ) Transparency Act (S. 272), which he and Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) introduced as H.R. 22 and quickly passed through the House with an overwhelming majority on January 5th of 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Maldonado, 45, of Madera, and Elias Zambrano Jr., 41, of Fresno, have been sentenced to eight years in prison and two years and three months in prison, respectively, for an interstate drug conspiracy involving shipments of marijuana to the Midwest, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint on July 23, 2021, against Joe John Garcia, doing business as Isleta Feed & Livestock (Garcia), of New Mexico, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: The United States is designating the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos) for his connection with serious human rights abuse committed during the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. Filipos is designated pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Vermont to supplement state and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Henri, beginning on Aug. 22 and continuing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - An Apple Valley man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for defrauding his employer out of more than $930,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alejandro Lopez, 51, of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), and Chair...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HILARY ANTHONY BROWNE, 31, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today to firearm possession and drug distribution offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - William D. Wood, Jr. pled guilty today to federal charges related to the September 2018 robbery and murders he committed at the Chili’s Grill and Bar in Dewitt, New York, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Maritime smuggling events in Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura counties increased significantly this summer reaching record levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Adam Beck, 26, of Boscawen, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to four drug trafficking charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2021
There were 16 notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending August 1, according to the Federal Register.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 22, 2021
There were 12 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending August 1, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 22, 2021
There were 27 notices published by the Justice Department in week ending August 1, according to the Federal Register.
