News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Department of State Announces Publication of 38th and Final Edition of World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT)

News Release: The Department of State’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance is pleased to announce its December 2021 posting of WMEAT 2021, the 38th edition of the State Department’s World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT) publication. This edition covers the years 2009-2019 and can ...


Sen. Murray on IRA Keeping Health Care Costs Low: “Stress Off Patients’ Shoulders, Money in Their Pockets”


Senator Murray Statement on IRA’s Historic Steps to Lower Americans’ Prescription Drug Costs



USDA Announces First Three Lenders for Heirs’ Property Relending Program

News Release: Additional Lenders Invited to Apply to Program


Baltimore Man Admits to Sex Trafficking at Least Three Women

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Ryan Odell Oliver, “Dre," “Fame," and “Foreign", age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty on Aug. 16, 2022, to sex trafficking at least three victims.



Disaster Recovery Center to Reopen in Hazelwood on Monday

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A FEMA disaster recovery center will reopen on Monday, Aug. 22, in Hazelwood (St. Louis County) to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the July 25-28 flooding and severe storms.


Combined Notice of Filings #1 discussed on Aug. 19 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


San Diego Air and Marine Operations Agents Take Control of a Burning Vessel


Philadelphia CBP Discovers $1.3 Million Cocaine Load on a Flight that arrived from the Dominican Republic


CBP’s Philadelphia Area Port Recognized for Outstanding Support to our Employees who also Serve in our Nation’s Military National Guard and Reserve


Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Encounter Travel Trailer Full of Undocumented Migrants


U.S. Attorney Announces Recent Law Enforcement Actions as Part of Federal Violent Crime Strategy

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, today announced recent enforcement actions in the Twin Cities and in Rochester resulting in the arrest of multiple violent offenders as part of the federal violent crime strategy launched earlier this year.


Dulles CBP Revokes Trusted Traveler Members of Maryland Couple for Violating U.S. Duty Laws


Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 17

There was activity on one bill related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Aug. 17.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Diego Armando Equihua-Sanchez, 31, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 60 months in prison, followed by 60 months of supervised release. Equihua-Sanchez previously pleaded guilty to Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.


Member of Large Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of Yascia N. LaFrance age, 42 of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge.


Kansas Brothers Indicted for $3.7 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging two Kansas men with engaging in an alleged healthcare fraud scheme which resulted more than $3.7 million in payments from Medicare and Tricare over a three-year period.