News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Griffith Highlights the Benefits of Medicare Advantage for Seniors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA).


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Craig Alex Levin, 66, of King of Prussia, PA, pleaded guilty to six counts of child exploitation offenses before United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle, III, stemming from his travel to the Philippines over a nearly three-year...


Assistance for Afghanistan to Respond to June 22 Earthquake

News Release: The devastating June 22 earthquake that struck in eastern Afghanistan intensified the ongoing humanitarian crisis the Afghan people have endured for too long. U.S.-funded partners on the ground responded rapidly with medical care, and President Biden directed an assessment of additional needs in the ...


Mission Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on June 27, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-366; Point Hope, AK discussed on June 28 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA-FAS offers new grant application process starting June 29

FAS International Internship Program grant opened on June 29.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC offers new grant application process starting June 29

Impacts of COVID-19 on Prisons Operations grant opened on June 29.


How politicians on Armed Services Committee dealt with bills on June 28

There was activity on one bill related to the Armed Services Committee on June 28.


"R. Kelly" Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

News Release: Kelly Sentenced After Racketeering and Multiple Predicate Acts Conviction, Including Illegal Sex with Minors, Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Bribery, Coercion and Forced Labor.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland- Deaven Cherry, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.


Rhode Island Man Arrested for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Took Part in Confrontation With Law Enforcement Officers on the Lower West Terrace.


22 Indicted After Phoenix-Area Takedown

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today that the following individuals are in custody following the return of a 70-count indictment by a federal grand jury against 22 Arizonans, including.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with Audacy, today announced it has completed an important emergency radio broadcast facility modernization project at Audacy’s WWL AM/FM in New Orleans to improve critical alert and warning capabilities when disasters threaten public safety.


Former Washington state employee pleads guilty to stealing pandemic unemployment benefits

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington recently announced a former Washington state employment security employee pleaded guilty to three felony counts.


Storm Damage Cleanup Continues Throughout the Park

News Release: Fredericksburg, VA - Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park continues to clean up, make repairs, and remove downed trees following the damaging thunderstorms that passed through the area on Wednesday, June 22. The quick-moving storm dumped nearly an inch and a half of rain in just minutes...


Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on a network of Iranian petrochemical producers and front companies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the United Arab Emirates, and Iran that support Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), entities instrumental...



News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Northwest Indian College (NWIC) of Bellingham, Washington will be awarded a grant up to $5 million to train future scientists and engineers through the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM ) recently expanded Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP ).


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A federal prisoner housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pollock, Louisiana (FCI-Pollock) has been sentenced for voluntary manslaughter, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Jose G. Mercado-Gonzalez, 27, has been sentenced by United States District Judge David C. Joseph to spend an additional 135 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for this offense.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LEV PARNAS was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken to 20 months in prison for conspiring to make political contributions by a foreign national along...