News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center is opening Aug. 21, 2022 in Whitley County to assist Kentucky flood survivors who experienced loss from the Eastern Kentucky flooding.


Waltz: Afghanistan withdrawal 'just a strategic fiasco'

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was a “strategic fiasco,” Florida Republican Rep. Mike Waltz said.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) rule...


DHS and Law Enforcement Partners host the 2022 Intelligence Summit

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted an Intelligence Summit this week in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police and other national law enforcement organizations to deepen partnerships and continue to adapt and improve information sharing as public ...



Education and Labor Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 19

There was activity on two bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on Aug. 19.


Aug. 19: bills handled by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

There was activity on two bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Aug. 19.


Ways and Means Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 19

There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Aug. 19.


News Release: Today, the men and women of the Department of Justice and our criminal justice system delivered justice. Today, we remember the four Americans for whom it was delivered: James Foley, Kayla Mueller, Steven Sotloff, and Peter Kassig. Each was in Syria serving others when they were taken hostage and murdered ...


News Release: A Florida corporation was sentenced in federal court in the Middle District of Florida after pleading guilty to a charge of willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule. The criminal charge related to an explosion at a coal-fired power plant in 2017 that caused the death of five workers.


Mouritsen: BLM committed ‘to investing in clean and reliable renewable energy projects’

The 230-megawatt Desert Sunlight Battery Energy Storage System near Desert Center in Riverside County, Calif., is fully operational.


“PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE” was published on pages S8004-S8005 of the Congressional Record on Jan. 1, 2021.


Release: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK) August 22-27.


ISIS ‘Beatle’ Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Hostage-Taking Scheme that Resulted in the Deaths of American, British, and Japanese Citizens

News Release: The highest-ranking fighter for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization, to have ever faced a jury trial in the United States was sentenced today to life imprisonment for his participation in a brutal hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens, as well as the deaths of British and Japanese nationals, in Syria.


USDA's Greene: Agriculture-centric tax education initiative 'offers support to producers in navigating tax season'

The USDA has announced an investment in two outreach and education initiatives for farmers and ranchers, including industry newcomers as well as those belonging to marginalized and underserved groups.


Three Nigerian Nationals Extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom for Participating in Business Email Compromise Fraud Schemes


Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Charged with Plot to Murder the Former National Security Advisor


Jury convicts Washington man of trafficking meth, fentanyl in Great Falls and Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation



Sacaton Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Shooting Death