News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a sex trafficking conspiracy after recruiting six minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
“UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. 5276“ was published in the Senate section on pages S7816-S7817 on Dec. 20
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and a contractor counterpart have outlined end-state plans for Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site facilities that will result in a prominent transformation across the 890-square-mile site within this decade.
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: The Department of State recognizes the positive impact of travel to the United States by foreign student and temporary work visa holders on the U.S. economy and is committed to facilitating nonimmigrant travel and further reducing visa wait times. We are pleased to announce that the Secretary of State has made a determination extending the authority of consular officers to waive in-person interviews for certain nonimmigrant visa categories through Dec. 31, 2023.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making available nearly $9 billion in funding to upgrade and expand passenger rail services along the Northeast Corridor (NEC). These funds will be issued through the Federal-State . .
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement regarding the Committee’s activity for the 117th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old Richwood resident has been ordered to federal prison for forcing teenagers to engage in commercial sex, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Savage man has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint for possession of a machine gun and for attempting to receive and possess unregistered destructive devices, specifically hand grenades, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to fully enforce our immigration and public health laws at the border. Individuals and families attempting to enter without authorization are being expelled, as required by court order under the Title 42 public health authority, or placed into removal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Georgia man today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $463 million in genetic and other laboratory tests that patients did not need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL ) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently launched a new method to quickly and easily alert Hanford Site computer users if an issue is affecting the Hanford Site network.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today questioned eight major automakers over reports that their supply chains may include materials sourced from the Xinjiang region of China, where forced labor is rampant. Importing goods made with forced labor violates federal trade laws.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Now is the time to prepare for the artic blast of frigid air currently barreling toward Louisiana. The National Weather Service predicts that temperatures will plummet on Thursday night and will remain unusually low through Saturday.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Chinese national was sentenced to 60 months in prison for cyberstalking a female Minnesota college student, and a concurrent 54 months’ imprisonment sentence for stealing the victim’s identity as a part of his cyberstalking scheme, followed by three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: A New York man was sentenced today to 12 years and nine months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization.
