News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Before Their Meeting

Release: FOREIGN MINISTER LAPID: Okay, I’ll go first. So I came here to meet with a friend and a partner in a moment in which world order is changing. The war that is going on in the Ukraine - in Ukraine and the nuclear talks in Vienna are events that are changing the world as we know it.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting March 7

Conservation Innovation Grants Missouri Program grant opened on March 7.


News Release: Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Ranger Izzy Sanchez has delivered programs and demonstrations at the park since June 2018, and some of his favorite skills to share and teach are fire starting and candle making.


Berkeley County man admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Edson Velasquez-Lopez, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Settlement resolves allegations that company avoided paying hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid rebates due to significant drug price increases.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Meeting with Congressional Delegation

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, greetings, everyone. I’m particularly pleased to be here with friends and colleagues from the Congress. This is, as always, very powerful to see a bipartisan group of leaders from Congress standing together, coming together in support of Ukraine, and standing strongly against ...


News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for using an explosive device to damage a suburban Chicago restaurant.


Central Valley Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Teenager Across State Lines to Engage in Prostitution

News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Stockton man was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for transporting a teenage girl from Southern California to Nevada and Arizona so she could work as a prostitute for his financial benefit.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on May 6

Texas Partners for Conservation grant opened on March 7.


Huntsville Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Carjacking

News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Huntsville man for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.


ICE HSI led investigation results in the guilty plea of a South Texas man for multiple child pornography charges

A South Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to receiving and possessing child pornography following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) led investigation with the assistance from the Laredo Police Department (LPD).


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man accused of trafficking both methamphetamine and fentanyl pills on and around the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation admitted to a drug crime today, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


South Texas woman convicted after ICE HSI investigation uncovers her role in arranging deadly human smuggling attempt

An investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston and the Victoria (Texas) Police Department led to a South Texas woman pleading guilty Thursday for her role in arranging a human smuggling attempt that left one undocumented migrant dead.


Nebraska man sentenced to 156 months for possessing child pornography

Bryan Morse, 61, of Chadron, Nebraska, was sentenced Friday in Lincoln for possession of child pornography. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Morse to 156 months’ imprisonment following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe.


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with PRC State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi about Moscow’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine. The Secretary noted the world is watching to see which nations stand ...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man with a previous felony conviction made his initial appearance today on a criminal complaint charging him with two counts of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, the first count related to a June 2021 shooting in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.



USCIS to Offer Deferred Action for Special Immigrant Juveniles

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to consider deferred action and related employment authorization for noncitizens who have an approved Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification but who cannot apply to adjust status to become a lawful permanent resident (LPR) because a visa number is not available.


USCIS Announces Policies to Better Protect Immigrant Children Who Have Been Abused, Neglected, or Abandoned

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced new policies that will provide better protection to immigrant children who are victims of abuse, neglect, abandonment, or similar parental maltreatment.


Martinsburg man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Ian Andre Carr, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.