News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Release: Rwanda is a constitutional republic dominated by a strong presidency. The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front party leads a governing coalition that includes four smaller parties. In 2017 voters elected President Paul Kagame to a third seven-year term with a reported 99 percent of the vote. One independent...


Release: Grenada is a parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature. Observers considered the 2018 elections to be generally free and fair. In 2018 the New National Party won all 15 seats in the House of Representatives and selected Keith Mitchell as prime minister.


Atlantic County Man Admits Role in Drug Distribution Scheme

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced that an Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a drug distribution scheme.


News Release: Beginning Friday, May 27, the Eisenhower Home at Eisenhower National Historic Site (NHS) will reopen for public tours. The shuttle between the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center (MVC) to Eisenhower NHS will also resume on May 27 at 10:30 am.


There was activity on four bills related to the Judiciary Committee on April 11.


Release: Iceland is a constitutional parliamentary republic. The president is the head of state, and a prime minister, usually the leader of the largest party, is head of government. There is a unicameral parliament (Althingi). Parliamentary elections held on September 25 were considered free and fair, but procedural ...


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Taiwan

Release: Taiwan is a democracy led by a president and parliament selected in multiparty elections. In 2020 voters re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party to a second four-year term in an election considered free and fair.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert A. Karmann, 55, of Clayton, was sentenced today to six years in prison and ordered to pay $624 million in restitution for participating in a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving DC Solar, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Taiwan

Release: Taiwan is a democracy led by a president and parliament selected in multiparty elections. In 2020 voters re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party to a second four-year term in an election considered free and fair.



Leader Of Cellphone Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Prison

News Release: Defendant Impersonated Legitimate Accountholders, Hacked Their Accounts, Deprived Them of Cellphone Service, and Charged over $500,000 Worth of Devices to Their Accounts.



The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Two Illinois Men Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in Bombing of Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center and Weapons Charges.


The US Justice Department published a four page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Kenya is a republic with three branches of government: an executive branch, led by a directly elected president; a bicameral parliament consisting of the Senate and National Assembly; and a judiciary. In the 2017 general elections, the second under the 2010 constitution, citizens cast ballots for president...


Release: Sudan’s civilian-led transitional government, installed in August 2019, was led until October 25 by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who headed the Council of Ministers. The collective head of state known as the Sovereign Council was chaired by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, one of five military members. On February...


There was activity on five bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 11.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


“Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson (Executive Session)“ was published in the Senate section on pages S2063-S2069 on April 7