News from December 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has passed U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford’s (R-OK) bipartisan Clear and Concise Content Act. The bill ensures that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A New Braunfels man was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release for making threats in 2019 against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: Cheyenne, WY - On Friday, November 8, 2019, United States Marshals Service Director Donald Washington administered the oath of office to six newly appointed United States Marshals at the U.S. Marshals Service Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Randall Huff from Cheyenne, Wyoming was one of the six Marshals who was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate. Marshal Huff took office in Cheyenne earlier this year.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Shandell Devone George, a 31-year old man with past addresses in Hazleton and the Bronx, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that TARA KEWALIS, 50, of Beacon Falls, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to embezzling from a Waterbury credit union where she was employed.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: Thank you for the introduction, Demitra, and for the invitation to participate in this briefing. I appreciate how you described the existing landmine contamination in eastern Ukraine resulting from Russia’s initial invasion in 2014. This is key to understanding today’s context because, by the time of ...

By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The 21st Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy on Nuclear Waste Cleanup last week brought together EM and six intergovernmental groups to discuss priorities and strategies to advance the cleanup mission.

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: This morning, I joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Cherelle Griner in the Oval Office, as Cherelle spoke to her wife Brittney, who is now on her way back to the United States and to her wife’s loving embrace. I am grateful to the State Department team ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Irvine man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for - while on supervised release for committing a prior federal felony - engaging in pimping and shooting a firearm at women on the streets of San Bernardino, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned indictments on Tuesday alleging fraud against five people in connection with COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Schuyler Omar Hardy. Hardy is wanted for a shooting that occurred on Nov. 06, 2019 in Norfolk, VA. After the shooting Hardy fled the scene, and the victim was transported to the hospital.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced that Shailen Bhatt has been confirmed as the 21st Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Nominated by President Biden on July 21, 2022, Mr. Bhatt was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 8, 2022. He is the first person of Indian descent to lead FHWA.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 52-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ) technical staff at the Idaho National Laboratory Site are doing their part to pass the baton to the next generation of aspiring scientists and engineers by emphasizing the importance of science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) disciplines and promoting innovation and problem-solving with area students.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: Dear friends and partners in the fight against human trafficking,

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -The United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, and the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the San Juan Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Joseph González, today warned the public about the serious consequences of issuing threats to schools or colleagues and reminded the community that hoax threats are no joke.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: Today, Chargé d’Affaires to Côte d’Ivoire Joann M. Lockard, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Dominique Ouattara, and Minister of Employment and Social Protection Mr. Adama Camara signed the U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, a historic non-binding multi-year initiative to address ...

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., requested documents from the State and Defense Departments related to former Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner’s role in U.S. foreign policy while his family business sought a bailout from foreign governments seeking to influence the Trump administration.