News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


The United States Contributes $1.7 Billion to Support the Government of Ukraine


The United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Ukraine


The United States Providing More than $117 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance to the People of South Sudan


$400 Million in New U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine


News Release: A Port Clinton, Ohio, woman was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for production and distribution of child sexual abuse material.


ICYMI: We’ll Investigate Bidens’ Shady Business Dealings When Republicans Take the House in November


USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP grant application closes on Aug. 29

OJJDP FY 2022 Youth Violence Prevention Program grant opened on July 13.


Murray, Cortez Masto, Whitehouse, Gillibrand Introduce Bill to Protect Women’s Right to Travel Across State Lines to Seek Abortion Care

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of their Democratic colleagues, including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), ...


US Department of Labor cites Florida company for 12 serious violations after 26-year-old diver drowns in pond on Ponte Vedra Beach golf course

News Release: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how a 26-year-old diver drowned in a golf course pond - after only three days working for a Freming Island commercial diving and recovery company - found the employer failed to follow required safety standards, including ensuring adequate supervision was in place and that required training was provided.


News Release: EVANSVILLE - Rodney Allen Cannon, Jr., 36, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for violating the conditions of his federal supervised release.


Commerce Department collaborates with industry to 'speak out against atrocities' of forced labor

The Commerce Department has implemented the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to help prevent importing goods that are mined, produced or manufactured by victims of forced labor in China, especially the Uyghur Muslims.


Dawon: Human smuggler sentenced for 'callous and reckless disregard' for life

A Mexican national living in Texas illegally was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling attempt resulting in the death of a Honduran woman.


Two Financial Asset Managers Charged in Alleged $1.2 Billion Venezuelan Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: Two financial asset managers have been charged with money laundering as part of a $1.2 billion international scheme to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).


DOS-NZL offers new grant application process starting July 13

Young Pacific Leaders Small Grants Competition 2023 grant opened on July 13.


Federal subsistence hunting permits for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve available starting July 26

News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Federal subsistence registration permits for hunts in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will be available starting Tuesday, July 26, at the park’s Visitor Center in Copper Center and the Slana Ranger Station. The Visitor Center is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to...


Main Street Braces for Dems’ Tax Increases at Worst Possible Time


WSJ: IRS Shouldn’t Have a Double Standard in Investigating Taxpayer Privacy


St. Louis Fed: Biden’s Toddler Tax Hits Working Families with Higher Child Care Costs


Wilderness and backcountry management plan and environmental assessment public comment period extended to August 4, 2022 (Gunnison)

News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The National Park Service (NPS) released the draft Wilderness and Backcountry Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area on June 21. The public comment period was set from June 21 to July 21, 2022...


Blinken, Borrell: 'We welcome a compromise' between Bulgaria, North Macedonia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and High Representative/Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell called upon North Macedonia to accept a compromise proposal with Bulgaria to move forward with the accession process for North Macedonia's European Union membership.