News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022



Porter: North Korea ICBM launch a 'clear escalation'

The U.S. government official urged China and Russia to send "a strong message" to North Korea after the country resumed intercontinental ballistic missile testing this week.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Rwandan Foreign Minister Biruta

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man who was arrested after he drove two victims of an accidental shooting to the hospital emergency room has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to illegally possessing firearms.


Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is adding Boone and Winnebago Counties in Illinois to the list of quarantine areas for gypsy moth (GM). The moth populations in these counties ...


BLM seeks summer ‘Artist-in-Residence’ for Dalton Highway

News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting applications through April 15 for an artist who will spend 5 to 7 days between June and September drawing inspiration from public lands along the Dalton Highway in northern Alaska.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Caleb Sinclair, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to time served for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. The Secretary again condemned the recent Houthi terrorist attacks against the Kingdom, and they discussed support ...


Busy Start to the Week for U.S. Marshals

News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is very pleased to announce the arrest of four fugitives today.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Capitalize Revolving Loan Fund to Serve Small Businesses in Northwest and Central Oklahoma

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Southwestern Intermediary Finance Team, Inc. (SWIFT), Weatherford, Oklahoma, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund to support small businesses in 23 counties.


Georgia Woman Pleads Guilty To More Than $1.5 Million In Fraud

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Theresea Walker (30, Fairburn) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Walker faces up to 20 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 15, 2022.


Friends of Sudan Joint Statement on the UNITAMS-AU-IGAD Facilitated Political Process

Release: Following is a joint statement on the UNITAMS-AU-IGAD Facilitated Political Process issued by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union as members of the Friends of Sudan.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Terence Aubrey Larker, 35, of Las Vegas, previously of Sacramento, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment last Thursday, charging him with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Risch on FY2023 Budget Request: Focusing on Climate Policies Won’t Stop Malign Actions from Russia, China, Iran

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on President Biden’s FY2023 international affairs budget request:


Senators Stabenow, Boozman Welcome Senate Confirmation of CFTC Commissioners

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced the U.S. Senate confirmed Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham each to serve as Commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).


Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Khadija Ihsane of Medi 1 TV

Release: (Via Translation). QUESTION: Ladies and gentlemen, we are taking advantage of his whirlwind tour of the Middle East and North Africa to receive him for an exclusive interview with Medi 1. We discussed various topics with the US Secretary of State, such as the goals and challenges of his visit to Morocco ...


Pallone on Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eugene Hall pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Langhorne, Pennsylvania, man today admitted participating in a massive compounded-medication kickback scheme that he and others ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Whiskeytown News Release

News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - Beginning Friday, hikers, campers, mountain bikers, trail runners, and horseback riders will be able to access several areas of the park for the first time since the Carr Fire of 2018.


Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget

News Release: The FY 2023 Budget protects American communities, promotes a humane and efficient immigration system, supports our workforce, and bolsters cyber resilience