News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022



Another Biden Budget Blunder: Higher Health Care Costs, Handouts to Wealthy

News Release: Another Biden Budget Blunder: Higher Health Care Costs, Handouts to Wealthy.


News Release: Former GE Power Engineer Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Economic Espionage.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced James Garris, Jr., age 52, to 14 years’ imprisonment, and Emilio Tejeda, age 33, to 57 months’ imprisonment, for fentanyl trafficking offenses. Both men were residents of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, prior to being incarcerated on the instant offenses.


DOS-AQM offers new grant application process starting April 1

Enabling Forest Investment Development Facility (ForInvest) grant opened on April 1.


Release: The following is being released jointly by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.


USDOJ-OJP-COPS grant application closes on May 25

FY 2022 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) grant opened on April 1.


News Release: A man responsible for building an explosive device made with fireworks, treble hooks, rivets and other material pleaded guilty Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Three Worcester Men Convicted of Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - Three Worcester men have been convicted by a federal jury in Worcester of trafficking cocaine.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man was sentenced today to one year and nine months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, to be followed by three years of supervised release.


North Carolina Man Convicted by Federal Jury for Gunpoint Robbery of Puppies from Lancaster County Breeder

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christopher Lamont Stimpson, Jr., 23, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was convicted of committing a gunpoint robbery of a Lancaster County puppy breeder and his family in order to steal five French Bulldog puppies in October 2020.


News Release: BOSTON - A California man was arrested yesterday in connection with making threatening communications to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) in May 2021.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Ted Deutch, Chair of the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Subcommittee, released the following joint statement following news of a two-month truce in Yemen...


March: Three press releases published by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

There were three press releases published by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response in March.


Maine Woman Sentenced to 37 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine

News Release: CONCORD - Deborah Cross, 65, of Sanford, Maine was sentenced on Thursday to 37 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.


The United State Welcomes the UN Truce in Yemen

Release: The United States welcomes the UN’s announcement of a two-month truce in the Yemen conflict and the parties’ acceptance of its terms. The United States, led by the efforts of Special Envoy Tim Lenderking, has been actively involved in diplomatic efforts with the parties and UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg...


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Department of Energy to Provide $84 Million for New Research involving Urban Integrated Field Laboratories

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $84 million for new observational, modeling, and simulation studies to improve the accuracy of community-scale climate research and inform equitable climate solutions to minimize adverse impacts caused by climate change.


South Florida Man Guilty of Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor

News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal jury in Fort Pierce, Florida has found Zachary S. Spiegel, 38, of Jensen Beach, guilty of attempted on-line enticement of a minor.


There were 1,887 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys in March.