News from June 2022


By Press release submission | Jun 18, 2022
Yellowstone’s Mount Doane name changes to First Peoples Mountain; Action taken to remove offensive name from America’s first national park

By Press release submission | Jun 17, 2022
NOAA is seeking proposals for fish passage projects that will remove in-stream barriers to reopen migratory pathways and restore access to healthy habitat for fish around the country.

By Caleb Lombardo | Jun 17, 2022
Amy Lueders, regional director of the Southwest Region for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, recently stressed the importance of creating partnerships with other organizations and companies in order to save the Arizona eryngo, which was recently listed as an endangered species.

By Press release submission | Jun 17, 2022
Pallone and Wyden Urge Medicaid to Protect Women and Families’ Right to Choose Their Doctor
By Press release submission | Jun 17, 2022
U.S.- Bangladesh High-Level Economic Consultation

By John Kelly | Jun 17, 2022
Garrian King was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and investigators say his arrest was in connection with the recent Chattanooga shootings.

By Timothy Stuckey | Jun 17, 2022
Homeland Security Investigations recently announced its special agents apprehended an alleged human smuggler connected to a hostage case.

By Press release submission | Jun 17, 2022
Statement by Ambassador Katherine Tai on the Start of Pride Month

By Bob Pepalis | Jun 17, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo called the decision by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift its requirement for travelers to test negative for COVID-19 before entering the United States a win.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Bryan Ross, 25, from Ellsworth, Iowa, was arrested at his home yesterday on a federal arrest warrant by federal officials with the help of local law enforcement. Mr. Ross has been charged with five counts of child pornography offenses. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on June 8, 2022, in United States District Court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Noel Rivera-Lezama, age 35, of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Ismael Rivera-Lezama, age 34, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Devon Fleming, age 28, of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, and Ramsee Anthony Munoz, age 32, of Reading, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: A Nebraska man pleaded guilty today to making multiple threatening posts on an Instagram page associated with an election official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to distributing material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors and has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 5 years’ imprisonment and 10 years’ supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Joshua Ray Webb McGee, 34, of Olla, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty to a total of 60 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. McGee was sentenced to 46 months for ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you so much. On behalf of myself, my wife Evan Ryan, welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome to the State Department. Welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room. It is so good to see this room full again. It’s been a while, and it’s especially so good to see it filled with so many friends and colleagues.

By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Iceland as you celebrate your National Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Moises Amezcua-Cardenas, 21, Schofield, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy. Amezcua-Cardenas pleaded guilty to the offense on Feb. 24, 2022. Because the defendant had already served that much time in custody, the sentence was considered served.