News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


District-Based Financial Services Professional Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Insider Trading


South Carolina Jury Convicts Man of Robbing a Restaurant at Gunpoint

News Release: CHARLESTON, S.C. - A federal jury in Charleston has returned a guilty verdict against Brandon Lloyd Daniels, 30, of North Charleston, South Carolina, for the 2018 armed robbery of the Tavern and Table restaurant in Mount Pleasant, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks presided over the three-day trial, which ended late yesterday.


San Xavier Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Voluntary Manslaughter and Firearms Offenses


Adair Ford Boroughs Sworn In As United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina


Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Drive-By Shooting That Wounded A Pregnant Bystander


News Release: On July 27, Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West and Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson led a senior interagency delegation from the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury to continue discussions with senior Taliban representatives ...


Convicted Felon Sentenced to 54 Months in Federal Prison for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm


New notice from Agriculture Department to be published on Aug. 1

There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 1.



Chicago Man Charged with Coercion and Enticement of a Minor


Three in Lebanon Charged in Schemes to Smuggle Weapons from Cleveland and Income Tax Evasion


Bills addressed by Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 28

There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 28.


Leader Rodgers: “CHIPS-plus Unlocks Massive Subsidies and Spending that will Make Inflation Worse”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) urged members to vote no today on H.R. 4346, CHIPS-plus, which prioritizes massive government spending and corporate welfare over hardworking American families suffering under President Biden’s inflation crisis. Further, H.R. 4346 fails to remove the damaging regulatory and permitting barriers hampering innovation and American economic competitiveness.


Bills addressed by Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 28

There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 28.


BLM E-Mile Recreation Site Public Comment Period Opens

News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is considering options to convert the E-Mile Day Use Site to an overnight campground with upgraded amenities. The recreation area is located outside of Glide, Oregon. The BLM is initiating a formal public comment period for this project that will run through September 5, 2022.


DOI-FWS offers new grant application process starting July 29

F23AS00407 - FY 2023 Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grant opened on July 29.


Federal Reserve Board approves discount rate action by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Minneapolis

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board approved action on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Minneapolis increasing the discount rate, specifically the primary credit rate, at the Banks from 1-3/4 percent to 2-1/2 percent, effective immediately.


Blinken: 'Russia breached its commitments by attacking the historic port'

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken strongly condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine's Port of Odesa, which was carried out just a day after agreeing to allow grain and agricultural exports to be transported through the port.


Bills addressed by Armed Services Committee on July 28

There was activity on two bills related to the Armed Services Committee on July 28.


Wright County Residents Invited to Attend Flood Map Information Open House