News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


News Release: Federal Court Enjoins Maryland Physician Assistant from Prescribing Opioids and Other Controlled Substances.


The United States and Senegal: 60 Years of Partnership

Release: Secretary Antony J. Blinken will travel to Senegal on November 19-20, where he will meet with President Macky Sall and Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall to affirm the close partnership between the United States and Senegal, and to discuss joint efforts addressing our shared global priorities. Areas...


News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Edwin Bailey for First Degree Murder.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken to Mission Nigeria Staff

Release: AMBASSADOR LEONARD: Thanks so much, everybody, for that warm welcome. I just wanted to tell the Secretary that, actually, although yesterday was local staff appreciation day, we saved it for today because we wanted him to be here to celebrate, as well. But you have before you, Mr. Secretary, our U.S. employees, our local employees, our family members, and they’re all dying to hear from you and not from me. So, please, welcome the 71st U.S. Secretary of State - (applause.).


Portman: 'We can’t continue to allow a lack of effective screening of Afghan evacuees to endanger our communities'

On Nov. 4 on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks on the need to strengthen vetting procedures for Afghan evacuee arrivals into the United States


'The parties continue to negotiate': DOJ officials say that payments to migrants separated at border will be less than initially reported $450,000

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was reportedly in negotiations to make payments of around $450,000 to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families during the Trump administration, but now says payments will likely be much lower.



Waterbury Men Charged with Various Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned indictments yesterday charging ALEX REYES, also known as “A.J.," 24; JULIAN GOODMAN, 24; DOUGLAS LARA, also known as “Spaz," 24, and RALPH ERNEST, 19, all of...


'Our democracy depends on the right to cast a ballot': U.S. Department of Justice sues Texas over new voting bill

The U.S. Justice Department has sued the State of Texas over Senate Bill 1, which introduces new voting laws into their state, according to a press release.


Passaic County Man Charged with Possessing Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was charged for illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug distribution, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.


Release: On Oct. 21, 2021, the Governments of the United States and Japan launched cooperation with the Government of Indonesia under the Japan-U.S. Clean Energy Partnership (JUCEP) to accelerate clean energy Investment in the Indo-Pacific during a virtual clean energy investment opportunity event. Over 370...


San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty To Gang Shooting

News Release: Norteños Gang Aspirant Shot Multiple Times At Gang Rival And Others Fleeing In Car.


Biden approves funding for Michigan counties to help with severe flooding

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded a decision from President Biden to activate the Public Assistance Program in Wayne and Ionia counties so the municipalities can receive additional funding from grants to ensure that residents can recover from heavy rainfall and flooding across in late June.


U.S. Department of Transportation funding 'will help spur innovation' in transit

Public transit users across the country could soon be pleasantly surprised with the services that await them.


News Release: Government Alleged that the Physician Assistant Issued Hundreds of Prescriptions that had No Legitimate Medical Purpose.


Post Falls Doctor Pays $110,000 to Settle Allegations that He Overprescribed Opioids

News Release: Dr. Eric Benson Resolves Allegations that He Wrote Unlawful Prescriptions, Including Prescriptions for Dangerous Combinations of Controlled Substances.


News Release: BOISE - A Weiser man was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.


U.S. Department of Transportation announces key priorities for newly available funds including 'public transit services'

This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced its key priorities for allocation of funds that were made available through the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law that was signed by President Joe Biden last week.


News Release: A federal jury convicted a Wyandotte man Thursday for his role in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 200 months’ imprisonment for attempting to provide material support and resources to the designated foreign terrorist organizations the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and the al-Nusrah Front. Redzepagic, a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2021.