News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - The United States Attorney's Office announced that KEITH D. FARR, age 25, of Malden, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for the offense of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Farr appeared for his sentencing hearing today before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Gun was used two days later in a murder.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra regarding the current legal status of certain directors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a five page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
Release: Following the government of Somalia’s failure to meet another self-established deadline of March 15 for the completion of its parliamentary electoral process, the United States is expanding the number of Somali individuals subject to visa restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger today sentenced Fan Yang (37, Jacksonville) to 48 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years’ supervised release, for conspiring with his co-defendants Ge Songtao (52, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China) and Yang Yang (36, Jacksonville)...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press Release | Mar 16, 2022
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen today met virtually with representatives from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Commission, to launch the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) multilateral task force.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison will travel to Bamako, Mali and Paris, France, March 15-22.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Naval Flight Officer Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Conspiring to Violate Firearms Law and Lying During Security Clearance Background Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Defendant Caught With Weapon at 2020 Rally, Later Assaulted Relative.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
Release: In recent days, Russia has escalated its premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war on Ukraine, striking hospitals, demolishing schools, leveling civilian infrastructure, and killing hundreds of civilians. As Ukrainian forces bravely continue to combat Russia’s renewed invasion, the United States ...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
Release: Under Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez will travel to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 17 and San José, Costa Rica, on March 19 to engage with government officials, business leaders, and civil society to support regional investment objectives, health and environment programs, and pandemic relief.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Eric William Tompkins, age 38, of Clifton Park, New York, was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography. Tompkins also received a 43-month term of imprisonment for failing to register as a sex offender; that sentence will run concurrent to the term of imprisonment for child pornography possession.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with French Foreign Ministry Secretary General François Delattre. The Deputy Secretary and Secretary General Delattre reiterated their support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Putin’s war of choice. They agreed on the need for continued support for Ukraine and committed to continue to impose costs on Russia for its aggression.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: DEL RIO - A Mexican national was sentenced last week to 45 months in prison for stealing Social Security benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning because there is nothing in our health care system as broken as the way America pays for life-saving medications like insulin. That failed system has forced millions of Americans to make daily gut-wrenching decisions between medicines or other necessities of life.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: Arrival Alert Notices (AAN) are new graphics produced by the FAA that visually depict an approach at specific airports to help mitigate wrong surface misalignment risks for pilots.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing to examine threats against houses of worship and public spaces. He urged the Senate to pass his bipartisan Pray Safe Act to...