News from June 2021
By USDA Wire | Jun 17, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 17, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 17, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: FLORENCE, SC --- Acting U.S. Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that former Florence County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Mark Edward Fuleihan, 49, of Florence, was sentenced to just over a year in federal prison as the result of an extensive joint federal and state investigation into public corruption...
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing highlighting the challenges facing the United Nations with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
Release: Today, we are announcing the public designation of Guatemalan Congressperson Boris España Cáceres, due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity, España has been involved in corrupt acts, including bribery and interfering with public processes, that jeopardized the stability...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Kadoka, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 14, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Two career criminals still on supervised release on previous federal convictions were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $969,261 grant to Southwestern Michigan Commission, Benton Harbor, Michigan, to develop an economic recovery strategy ahead of the closure of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. This EDA grant will be matched with $242,316 in state and local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Beaumont engineer has been sentenced for his participation in a scheme to file two fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $13 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced Eastern District of Texas Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release on a firearms conviction after law enforcement officers found him slumped over in a running vehicle, under the influence of drugs and with a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - To reduce the threat of unwanted fire this summer, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is issuing a temporary ban on campfires and charcoal grills. The ban goes into effect Thursday, June 17th at 12:00 pm noon. Gas grills and camper stoves will still be allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Defendant Apprehended and Prosecuted as Part of “Operation Black Sails," a Wide-Ranging International Drug Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of multiple felony offenses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Michelle Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Twenty-five individuals have been named in two separate, but related, Indictments for trafficking multiple drugs, including heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and cocaine base, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. The defendants were arrested today following a year-long investigation into drug trafficking in Mercer and Lawrence Counties and beyond.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeylani Bakari, 22, and Aweys Hussein, 20, both of Louisville, KY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with carjacking and brandishing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: On Monday, in celebration of Flag Day, members of Scouts BSA assisted Andrew Johnson National Historic Site staff with a proper flag retirement ceremony at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. The ceremony was led by Park Ranger Jeremy Carroll, who involved each volunteer in reading facts, quotes and...
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to Seoul, June 19-23. Special Representative Kim will join a trilateral meeting with Republic of Korea (ROK) Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk...
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-Texas), and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration, and International Economic Policy Ranking Member Mark Green (R-Tenn.) released the following statement following the car bombing attack in Cúcuta, Colombia.
