News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

Release: UNDER SECRETARY ZEYA: Good morning and welcome, everyone. It’s great to see you all again, and I hope your 2022 is off to a healthy and strong start. For my part, I want to start with a thank you.

Uvalde Border Patrol Agents Rescue Migrants Trapped in Train

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Uvalde Station encountered multiple groups of migrants trapped inside rail cars, in recent days.

Center Ossipee Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

News Release: CONCORD - Kyle Amaral, 29, of Center Ossipee, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.

Export Sales to China

By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2022

Release: Private exporters reported sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Respond to Letter on Digital Assets

By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, thanked Chair Rostin Behnam, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), for providing CFTC’s response to the bipartisan bicameral letter on digital assets.

USCIS H-2B worker guidance updated for island territories

By Art Benavidez | Feb 16, 2022

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has clarified policy guidance regarding exceptions from the temporary need requirement for H-2B workers on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Department of Energy Announces Latest Challenge in Competition Aimed at Identifying Power Grid Solutions

By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced Challenge 3 as part of the Grid Optimization (GO) Competition - managed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) - aimed at developing software management solutions to address challenging power grid problems.

First Anniversary of the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations

News Release: One year ago, the United States joined like-minded nations in sending an unambiguous message that the arbitrarily detention of foreign nationals is unacceptable and governments who engage in this practice must cease immediately.

Two Indicted For Conspiracy To Defraud The North Carolina Medicaid Program And Money Laundering

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury in Charlotte has indicted two individuals on federal charges in connection with a scheme to obtain more than $15 million from the North Carolina Medicaid program, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Citrus County Man Indicted For Unlawfully Possessing A Machinegun

News Release: Ocala, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Dean Dumont (23, Inverness) with possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act firearm (machinegun). If convicted, Dumont faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Dumont was indicted on December 7, 2021. He was arrested on Feb. 14, 2022.

Florida’s NCH Healthcare System Agrees to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle Common Law Allegations for Impermissible Medicaid Donations

News Release: NCH Healthcare System (NCH), which operates two hospitals in Collier County, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $5.5 million to resolve allegations that it made donations to local units of government to improperly fund the state’s share of Medicaid payments to NCH.

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Thani

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

Bidenflation Is Costing American Households $250 Each Month

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2022

News Release: Bidenflation Is Costing American Households $250 Each Month.

DOS-SOM offers new grant application process starting Feb. 16

Showcasing the U.S.-Somali Partnership grant opened on Feb. 16.

Four Men Indicted on Federal Firearm Offenses for Allegedly Trafficking Guns From St. Louis to Chicago

News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted four men on firearm offenses for allegedly trafficking guns from St. Louis to Chicago.

California Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Large-Scale Fentanyl Analogue Pill Mill Operation

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A California man was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for conspiracy and manufacturing, distributing, and possessing with intent to manufacture and distribute a fentanyl analogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Two More Defendants Added to Federal Indictment Alleging Fraud Scheme at Chicago Elementary School

News Release: CHICAGO - An ongoing federal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme at a Chicago elementary school has resulted in charges against two new defendants.

Cincinnati CBP Intercepts Shipments of Unapproved Injectable Cosmetics

Throughout the first month of 2022, Cincinnati U.S.

Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria Ibrahim Gambari and Nigeria’s National Security Advisor Babagana Monguno

On February 10, 2022, Administrator Samantha Power met with Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria Ibrahim Gambari and Nigeria’s National Security Advisor Babagana Monguno.

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meetings with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze