News from July 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about Tracy Stone-Manning being disqualified to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - James Vincent Jr., 52, of Reno, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to theft of government property, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where he will meet with senior officials from the Saudi and Republic of Yemen Governments. Special Envoy Lenderking will discuss the growing consequences of the Houthi offensive on Marib, which is exacerbating the humanitarian...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pled guilty on a charge of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the launch of its first ever Alexa skill, a digital tool for parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers ages 4 - 24 months. Families who use the MyPlate Alexa skill receive nutrition information on what and how to feed their child based on their age.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in favor of her amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The amendment preserves a Department of Labor rule affirming the equal rights of religious organizations to contract with the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - At the conclusion of a bench trial, Deon Blair was convicted of distributing fentanyl and butyryl fentanyl resulting in the death of a Pittsburgh resident as well as additional drug trafficking and firearm crimes, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today indicted an inmate on an assault charge, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division and John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced that two suburban Chicago physicians have been indicted on federal criminal charges for allegedly prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate medical need for the drugs.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland at a hearing to examine the president’s budget request for the Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of Shakenya Poney for First Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric G. Cooke, 51, of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months’ imprisonment and eight years’ supervised release on his conviction of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: As students prepare to leave home for college, the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District Michigan wants to raise awareness among students that may be living on their own in off-campus housing for the first time about their rights and protections under the federal Fair Housing Act-in particular, the prohibition against sexual harassment in housing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that two Tampa, Florida men were sentenced today by U.S. Judge Pamela A. Barker for operating a “Grandparent Scam" that targeted elderly victims in the Northern District of Ohio and elsewhere and caused victims a combined total loss of $383,932.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ROCKVILLE, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) and United States Pharmacopeia (USP) have announced a research collaboration to assess analytical methods and develop standards for adeno-associated virus (AAV), an important mechanism for delivering gene therapies.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with Japanese Ambassador Koji Tomita to discuss the U.S.-Japan alliance.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Representative Mike Thompson applaud the passage of H.R. 267 to extend WHIP+ for 2020 and 2021 disasters...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Scientists and engineers at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) collaborated with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Kansas State University (KSU) to extend applicability of a computational model that can evaluate vulnerabilities in earthen dams and predict possible dam breaches that could have serious consequences.
