News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2022 Homeland Security funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation funds agencies, offices, and programs in the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Summer Campfire programs are back at Homestead National Historical Park! Join Park Historian Jonathan Fairchild on Sunday, July 4, 2021, at 7:00 pm, as he presents American As Apple Pie: Baseball and the Homestead Act. This program will delve into the important role baseball played...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: The Government of Ethiopia’s announcement yesterday of a unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region could be a positive step if it results in changes on the ground to end the conflict, stop the atrocities, and allow unhindered humanitarian assistance. We are closely monitoring developments. We call on...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. ─ Fireworks are strictly prohibited on Bureau of Reclamation lands and waterbodies. These areas consist of multiple reservoirs, surrounding lands, and campgrounds across the state of Montana. These areas include Anita Reservoir, Bighorn Reservoir, Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Clark Canyon...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Republican lawmakers held a forum entitled “Led By Science: The COVID-19 Origin Story." At the forum, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Paublo “Chandito" Rondon Quinones (30, Jacksonville) to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Four Houston-area gang members are in custody following the return of a federal indictment for allegedly sex trafficking underage girls.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: FRESNO, California - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) on Tuesday shared that current travel projections for the summer indicate that the number of travelers departing the airport will equal and likely exceed volumes seen in 2019, which was busiest on record for TSA operations.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: The Government of Ethiopia’s announcement yesterday of a unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region could be a positive step if it results in changes on the ground to end the conflict, stop the atrocities, and allow unhindered humanitarian assistance. We are closely monitoring developments. We call on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WACO - A federal jury yesterday convicted 52-year-old Jonathan Jefferson Ferris on two counts of impersonating a federal agent.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - A Hendersonville, Tennessee man charged last year with the malicious destruction of property at the Metro Courthouse pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee. Wesley Somers, 26, was charged in a criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment on June 16, 2021, charging two Louisville men with carjacking and brandishing firearms.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that PennEast pipeline company can use eminent domain to claim New Jersey’s land...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led a forum on skyrocketing lumber costs and potential solutions to the issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: A man who signed out to go to work from a residential correctional facility in Waterloo, Iowa, and never returned was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of California in combating the Lava Fire, which is burning in Siskiyou County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Maple Grove man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for engaging in a $2.3 million mail fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Murrysville, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
