News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) introduced the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021. This bill will authorize USAID to advance targeted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Founder Claimed He Had Cured Himself of Cancer and Awarded $2 Million from Vanderbilt for Research.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release on his conviction of filing false tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Detroit, MI - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced today that it has reached a settlement with Westborn Inc., owner and operators of Westborn Markets in Plymouth, Dearborn, Livonia, and Berkley, MI, to resolve an allegation that it improperly interrogated...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 302 sex offenders to date as part of a national enforcement effort called Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Arrest and Removal), officials announced Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 26, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Bristol, Tenn. woman, who conspired with others to fraudulently file more than $499,000 in in pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Ariel Tillman (37, Tampa) to two years and eight months in federal prison for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $225,271.04, the proceeds of the fraud.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: The United States congratulates Fiame Naomi Mata’afa on her historic victory to become Samoa’s first female prime minister. We look forward to working with Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and Samoa’s new government. The United States thanks former Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi for his longstanding friendship.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 26, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Gabriel Galvan (32, Sarasota) to seven years and two months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Galvan to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Two Nigerian nationals were indicted on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in connection with their roles in expansive online fraud schemes targeting individuals in the United States, including romance scams and pandemic unemployment assistance fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Chairman James E. Clyburn and all Democratic Members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis advanced their investigations into the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by requesting documents and transcribed interviews from three former Trump...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: The United States is closely monitoring developments in Tunisia. We have been in contact with Tunisian government officials to stress that solutions to Tunisia’s political and economic troubles should be based on the Tunisian constitution and the principles of democracy, human rights, and freedom. We...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David E. Price (D-NC-04) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced legislation to name the federal building located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast in Washington, DC, which houses the U.S. Department of Transportation, as the “Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal Building."
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: This week, we kick off Series 3 of our Virtual Whole-of-Government R&D Showcase. Our theme, “Mitigating Evolving Threats and Understanding the Convergence of Breakthrough Technologies," serves as a reminder of how important it is to invest in research and science to address those persistent and over-the-horizon threats to our nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stephon Robert Christian, of Martinsburg West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Suffare Beavers, II, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution enterprise, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
