News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


News Release: Chasib Hafedh Saadoon Al Fawadi Admits to Making False Statements About Membership in an Iranian-Backed Militia.


Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for this interview for El Financiero/Bloomberg.


News Release: Today, in celebration of National Nanotechnology Day, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications (CABLE) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. Ten teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5...


News Release: Former senior executives convicted of participating in “side door" scheme to facilitate their children’s college admissions to the University of Southern California.


Former Nantucket Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Role in Two Fraud Schemes

News Release: BOSTON - A former Nantucket Bank employee pleaded guilty today to her role in two fraud conspiracies.


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: BOISE - A Caldwell man was sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Okay, a few things right from the start. The first rule of politics: never, never, never follow Ken Salazar to a podium. (Laughter.) Second, I’ve had the opportunity now in the nine or so months that we’ve been in office to visit some of our missions...


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that former City of Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson was sentenced today by Judge John R. Adams to six years imprisonment. Johnson was found guilty by a jury on July 30, 2021, of conspiracy to commit federal program theft, federal program theft, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, tampering with a witness and falsification of records in a federal investigation.


McCaul: President Referring to Attacks on Diplomats as Anomalous Health Incidents “Dismissive and Incomplete”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement following President Joe Biden signing the HAVANA Act into law yesterday. In his remarks, the president once again refused to identify these attacks on our diplomats as attacks. The HAVANA Act will provide medical care to those who have been injured by these attacks, but includes no language to seek out those who are responsible and hold them accountable.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three Minneapolis men have been sentenced to prison for violently robbing a south Minneapolis jewelry store.


Ranking Members Warn Against Bypassing Treaty Process

News Release: Washington, D.C.--The top Republicans on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee expressed serious concerns with the Administration’s recent suggestions it is considering circumventing the Senate’s constitutional treaty authority...


News Release: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, October 8, 2021-U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) celebrated today the 75th anniversary of the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory and its historical contributions to the livestock industry and scientific community.


Release: PRESIDENT LOPEZ OBRADOR: (Via interpreter) I wanted to the Secretary of State to look at the murals, so I took him all over the National Palace. We apologize. But we are here now. Welcome, everyone.


Owasso Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter in Indian Country

News Release: An Owasso man who killed his stepfather in March 2020 pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: Brady: Biden Needs 1.3 Million Jobs in New Jobs Report to Deliver on Promises.


News Release: Miami, Florida - A licensed veterinarian based in Aventura, Florida who recorded himself sexually abusing dogs, shared the bestiality videos on-line, and collected on-line child pornography, was sentenced today in Miami federal court to over 21 years in prison.


News Release: As part of Great Sand Dunes National Park’s hazardous fuels reduction efforts, fire managers from the park in partnership with Rio Grande National Forest are preparing to conduct a prescribed burn on up to 3,300 acres near the park’s northern boundary. The project area is located south of Baca Grande Subdivision, and approximately three miles south of Crestone, Colorado.


News Release: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - FEMA encourages residents in Buncombe, Haywood or Transylvania County whose access to their home was impacted by Tropical Storm Fred to register with FEMA.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the swearing-in of Prime Minister Abiy and the devastating security and humanitarian crises facing Ethiopia: