News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the J Street National Conference

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Please take a seat. Thank you so much. Thank you. Good morning, J Street. Now, it’s Sunday, the World Cup is on, New York Times probably awaits, and yet you’re all here, and I am grateful for that.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Jake Tapper of CNN State of the Union

Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thanks so much for joining us.


Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thanks so much for joining us.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC offers new grant application process starting Dec. 5

National Sheriffs' Institute: Expansion and Delivery grant opened on Dec. 5.


There were 105 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in November.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC grant application closes on Feb. 3

Transition From Jail to Community (TJC) Toolkit Revision/Update grant opened on Dec. 5.


Release: WASHINGTON Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to extend the REAL ID full enforcement date by 24 months, from May 3, 2023 to May 7, 2025. Under the new regulations published to execute this change, states will now have additional time to ensure their residents have drivers...




NAS: 'New forms of CCP influence' replacing criticized program

Confucius Institutes, long associated with the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) efforts to maintain influence on U.S. college and university campuses, appear to be largely gone but they really aren't, according to the National Association of Scholars.


Comer Presses for Docs about President Biden’s Energy Crisis & Secret Deal with Saudi Arabia

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) is launching a broad probe into President Biden’s energy crisis that is harming the pocketbooks of Americans. Ranking Member Comer is calling on senior leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Please take a seat. Thank you so much. Thank you. Good morning, J Street. Now, it’s Sunday, the World Cup is on, New York Times probably awaits, and yet you’re all here, and I am grateful for that.


Still no verdict for Li Yuhan after one year

The case of human rights lawyer Li Yuhan continues to face delays.


Human rights lawyer detained for three years without trial

The period of trial of Guangxi human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei’s case on the “inciting subversion of state power” has been extended several times.


USDA Further Invests in Expanding the Reach and Resiliency of the Emergency Food System

Release: Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agricultures Food and Nutrition Service is inviting applications for the second of two rounds of grants to improve the reach of The Emergency Food Assistance Program, commonly known as TEFAP. Both rounds of grants totaling up to $100 million and funded...


USDOJ-BOP-NIC grant application closes on Dec. 12

Pretrial Publication Series grant opened on Dec. 5.


Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., physician pleaded guilty in federal court today to providing false information in order to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to which she was not entitled.



Tenney: 'The Chinese Communist Party is deploying agents and influence operations at America’s colleges and universities'

U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) said the Chinese Communist Party has long infiltrated America's higher education system to steal our intellectual property and create a more favorable view toward their brand of communism, but it's time they are stopped.


USDA-RBCS offers new grant application process starting Dec. 5

Agriculture Innovation Center Grant Program grant opened on Dec. 5.