News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX, USVI - After a six-day trial, a federal jury yesterday evening found Jacinta Gussie, age 58 of St. Croix, guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; four counts of Theft of Government Money; and two counts of Aggravated Identity Theft, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to ensuring the just treatment of all people and wants the public to be aware of the problem affecting communities throughout the Eastern District of Missouri. An estimated 1 in 10 adults aged 60 years of age or older experience some type of abuse annually...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Before we get into today’s hearing I want to emphasize the importance of Social Security Statements. The Social Security Administration is required to mail out Statements to all workers, every year, so that Americans know about their future Social Security benefits and can plan for retirement.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging a South Texas man for selling illegally manufactured and unregistered firearms suppressors destined for a Mexican drug cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: A Seminole Citizen pleaded guilty today in federal court for shooting and killing a man as he tried to flee from the defendant, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing on vaccine legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Wilmington man was sentenced today to over 9 years in federal prison by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, for four counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing on vaccine legislation.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced additional Biden-Harris Administration appointees that have joined the team to deliver on President Biden’s bold climate goals and help build a more prosperous, equitable clean energy future for every American worker and family.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Chad C. Newcome, of Rock Cave, West Virginia, was indicted today on carjacking and firearms charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a $3.5 million scheme to use false information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a practice known as “shotgunning," Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Analytical Laboratory team has completed a commissioning test of a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration system that uses a new filter design that exceeds nuclear industry standards and requirements.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: DEVILS TOWER, WY - Superintendent Amnesty Kochanowski announced the selection of a new leadership team member at Devils Tower National Monument, Chief Ranger Matt Roland. He will begin June 20.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today requested that the “Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases" (Working Group) extend the current public comment period by 45 days, as ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston couple pleaded guilty this week to federal gun and drug charges. Larry James Williams, 66, and Mary Ann Coon, 44, were indicted on the charges in August 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CLANTON, Ala -- FEMA and the State of Alabama have approved $29,636,980 to reimburse Baldwin County for debris removal after Hurricane Sally.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: Greetings from Washington. To President Bolsonaro, Minister Pontes, Minister França, and everyone gathered in Brasilia today - congratulations on Brazil signing the Artemis Accords. Brazil and the United States have a long history of cooperation in scientific discovery - including the exploration of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that the new ruling from Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana blocking the Department of the Interior from pausing oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters is simultaneously wrong on the legal merits and a sign of why federal leasing laws need to be updated to remove any possibility of future misinterpretations.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: Greetings from Washington. To President Bolsonaro, Minister Pontes, Minister França, and everyone gathered in Brasilia today - congratulations on Brazil signing the Artemis Accords. Brazil and the United States have a long history of cooperation in scientific discovery - including the exploration of...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced he will convene a hearing on making Washington, D.C. the 51st state. The hearing will examine the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (S. 51), legislation introduced by U.S.
