Baltimore, Maryland - Phillip Cline, Jr., 39, of Elkton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to making threatening interstate communications. Cline admitted that during a recorded phone conversation with an employee of an auto loan business, Cline threatened to physically harm the employee, whom he described using racial epithets.

Washington, DC - The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it is seeking public comments into whether the division should revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review guidelines (“Banking Guidelines”) to reflect emerging trends in the banking and financial services sector and modernize its approach to bank merger review under the antitrust laws. Today’s announcement is part-and-parcel of the division’s broader efforts and increased focus on protecting competition in the financial markets and follows the recent remarks and announcement by Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim, concerning the realignment of commodities at the division.

Thermal, California - BMW Performance Center West is Bucket List Itinerary Imperative. #BMW Performance Center West is Business Itinerary Imperative presented by Merilee Kern ‘The Luxe List’ Executive Editor and America Newscape.

Washington, DC - A Chinese national and researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles has been arrested on federal charges of destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation after he was observed throwing a damaged hard drive into a dumpster outside his apartment, the Justice Department announced.

New York - A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 156 months in prison Monday for his role in a vast multimillion-dollar health care kickback and money laundering conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced.

Washington, DC - On Labor Day, we recognize and celebrate the workers of our great Nation.  The American workforce is the best in the world and, since day one of my Administration, I have been standing up for the American worker.  As recent global challenges have tested our mettle, the dedication of our workforce has once again proven that Americans’ resolve will never be overcome.  Today, we celebrate all workers, across every sector of our economy, whose efforts have never been more appreciated than in recent months.