News from July 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas -A Mexican national residing in Houston, Texas, was convicted at trial of conspiracy charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - Asia Janay Lavarello, 31, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii to one count of knowingly removing classified information concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States and retaining it at an unauthorized location. Chief U.S. District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright took Lavarello’s guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for November 4, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - About 30 local middle and high school teachers came together recently at the University of South Carolina Aiken for the Teaching Radiation, Energy and Technology (TREAT) Workshop, an event for local educators held by the DOE Savannah River Operations Office since 1995.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM Acting Assistant Secretary William "Ike" White traveled to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently to tour the site and learn about the progress the facility has made since his last visit in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 4 - July 10, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate passed H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, bipartisan and bicameral legislation introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) that supports vital victim service programs by preventing future cuts to already ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Butte man accused of robbing three business at gun point in three different Montana cities in February admitted charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement expressing his deep disappointment with the details being reported on the U.S.-German agreement on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Charged in an Eleven-Count Indictment. SOUTH BEND - Five individuals have been charged by way of an 11-count indictment, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay. The following individuals were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud; 6 counts of bank fraud; and 2 counts...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to withdraw a2021 Trump administration rule that would have excluded 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A pioneering concept using big data and computational biology has identified more than 1,500 phytochemicals in watermelon and innovative solutions have been proposed for the problems of off-flavors and blue-green algae in catfish. This information is part of the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant attempted to receive parcel containing $500,000 in cocaine.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for Dr. Karen Donfried, nominee to be assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, the Honorable ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the hearing with leaders from the Biden Administration, Senator Murray and the witnesses discussed...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore will conduct lionfish research in the water west of the Fort Pickens fishing pier between sunrise to noon, July 24, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Chadbourn man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. On April 22, 2021, Paul Freeman pled guilty to the charge.
