News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


News Release: The nation's urban population increased by 6.4% between 2010 and 2020 based on 2020 Census data and a change in the way urban areas are defined, according to the new list of urban areas released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.



The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - On Dec. 27, 2022, President Biden signed the “Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2022," which codifies and expands the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT). The bill authorizes $14 million to carry out the Act and ensures that the CCHT is staffed with at least 45 employees to carry out the Department’s critical work to combat human trafficking.


News Release: As the nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the U.S. population will be 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023. This represents an increase of 1,571,393 (0.47%) from New Year’s Day 2022, and 2,784,573 (0.84%) since Census Day (April 1) 2020.




Totten: Firearms charges 'a major step forward in our efforts to combat the rise of violent crime in Michigan'

Eleven people from Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor, Michigan, were charged with crimes related to firearms and drug trafficking.


Release: Under the Plant Protection Act (), USDA is authorized to restrict the interstate movement of plants, plants products, and other articles associated with the regulated area, (such as soil, farm equipment, tools, containers, and conveyances) to prevent the dissemination of plant pests and noxious weeds ...


Gas Station Shooting Leads to Federal Firearm Charges

News Release: DETROIT - A shooting in broad daylight at a gas station in Detroit has led to federal firearm charges, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


News Release: Today marks four years that Paul Whelan has spent wrongfully detained, away from his family, suffering through an unfathomable ordeal. Russian authorities subjected him to a secret trial and sentenced him to 16 years in a Russian penal colony based on secret evidence. His detention remains unacceptable, ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to enhance our nation’s ability to combat human trafficking has been signed into law. The new law will make permanent and strengthen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT).


Norwalk Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung," 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for drug trafficking offenses.


Former Greene County Man Indicted in Project Safe Childhood Case

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Transportation With Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, and Receipt and Attempted Receipt of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


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“AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023“ was published in the Senate section on pages S9591-S9609 on Dec. 20


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News Release: “The world and we have passed the midway point of a century of continuing challenge. We sense with all our faculties that force of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history.".