News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TX - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Grapeland man and woman with federal solicitation of murder violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas Eduardo A. Chávez who oversees the Tyler Resident Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Michael Anthony Hernandez, 46, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on March 23 to 20 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy for a roundtable with a youth mental health advocate and a mental health expert from Washington state to discuss the dire...
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: The United States and the Republic of Singapore will hold a biennial review under the Memorandum of Intent (MOI) between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on Cooperation in Environmental Matters, on April 21. The meeting’s virtual public session ...
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - In one of the largest cryptocurrency forfeiture actions ever filed by the United States, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida successfully forfeited approximately $34 million worth of cryptocurrency tied to illegal Dark Web activity.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. Karen Donfried will travel to the Western Balkans from April 25 to 29, with stops in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months of imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Israeli Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid regarding the importance of Israelis and Palestinians working to end the cycle of violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza by ...
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
Release: The United States, our allies, and our partners worldwide are united in support of Ukraine in response to Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine. We have not forgotten Russia’s earlier aggression in eastern Ukraine and occupation following its unlawful seizure of Crimea ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) regional administrator authorized the use of federal funds on April 19 to assist the state of Arizona to combat the Tunnel 2 Fire burning in Coconino County.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON—On April 5, the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) hosted a meeting with over 80 senior state and local officials who support the BioWatch program in their respective jurisdictions. This meeting provided partners an update on the future of biodetection and a forum for ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: PETERSBURG, Va - On Saturday, April 12, Petersburg National Battlefield finalized a philanthropic partnership agreement with Petersburg Battlefields Foundation. This partnership will enable the two organizations to work together to provide educational and volunteer opportunities for visitors. Our shared goals aim to build a community of stewardship and preserve the diverse stories found in the park's resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Juller Perez, age 43, of Garfield, New Jersey, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with engaging in a kickback scheme to defraud a company with operations in Greene County, from at least 2015 to 2019. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman;...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - ICYMI, late last week, in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), more than 90 leading labor groups urged the Senate to pass Senator Patty Murray’s (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, child care plan via reconciliation, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: MS OBALDIA: Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Olga de Obaldía. I am the executive director of the Panama Chapter of Transparency International. Our organization is called Foundation for the Development of Civil Liberties, or Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana. It is a pleasure ...
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
Release: Today, the United States welcomes the adoption of a resolution at the Organization of American States (OAS) suspending Russia as a Permanent Observer to that institution. With the passage of this resolution, OAS member states demonstrated that we do not stand on the sidelines in the face of the Russian government’s violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses. Our Hemisphere stands with Ukraine.
