News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A St. Louis man pled guilty and was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in.
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced the Committee voted by voice vote to advance Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Dr. Bronaugh may now be considered by the full U.S. Senate for confirmation.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old adolescents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Burke County man who admitted to operating an illegal pill factory has been sentenced to prison, and his codefendant also has pled guilty.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old adolescents.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-NA), Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) applauded the U.S. Department...
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. President:. We write to urge you to take swift action to address the vacant inspector general positions in the federal government and nominate qualified individuals to these positions. As members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, we have a duty to conduct...
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Walsh: Since the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), and subsequent legislation, including the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the federal government has pumped billions of dollars into state unemployment programs. While unemployment insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty to causing damage to the Foley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI, and U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is very good to welcome my friend, Ayman Safadi, the foreign minister of Jordan, here to the State Department and to Washington. Needless to say, we’re very focused on the situation in Israel, West Bank, Gaza, very deeply concerned about the rocket attacks...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Landrum engaged in sexual activity with a 12-year-old victim.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- The University of Miami (UM) has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary laboratory tests, and submitting false claims through its laboratory and off campus hospital based facilities (“Hospital Facilities").
By State Newswire | May 10, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is very good to welcome my friend, Ayman Safadi, the foreign minister of Jordan, here to the State Department and to Washington. Needless to say, we’re very focused on the situation in Israel, West Bank, Gaza, very deeply concerned about the rocket attacks...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Allegations Include Robberies, Carjackings, Kidnappings & Firearms Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Care Initiatives, a Texas corporation with a home office in West Des Moines, Iowa, has agreed to repay the United States $214,200 to resolve claims the United States was entitled to restitution for the federal share of Medicaid funds the facility received for an approximately 10 week period while residents...
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: On the glistening shores of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin, members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians are experiencing a renewed sense of resilience-in more ways than one.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va., - In honor of National Police Week, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel P. Bubar recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement. This year, the week is observed Sunday, May 9 through Saturday, May 15, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to sending a threatening message through social media to a West Virginia law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Michael Calaiacovo, 63, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
