News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Feature Article: Empowering Bomb Squads with DIY Innovations

News Release: It takes a special kind of person to be a bomb technician-someone who is brave, disciplined, determined, levelheaded, and creative. Operators must effectively employ critical thinking and problem-solving skills while working in stressful, potentially life-threatening situations. As a result, bomb technicians’ ...


News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, were joined by U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...


Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, and more

Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, and more


News Release: Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment Dan Tehan met on March 30 in Washington D.C. for the inaugural Australia-U.S. Strategic Commercial Dialogue (AUSSCD).


Chicago CBP Notices International Travelers Returning to the Friendly Skies

More and more travelers are ensuring their tray tables and seats are in the upright position as they land in Chicago. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at O’Hare International Airport are seeing numbers that haven’t seen since 2019 as passengers are starting to travel, and tourism is returning to the Chicago area for the first time in several years.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be here, wonderful to be back – to be back in this beautiful embassy, and Nawal, thank you so much for your introduction, but also for your leadership at the Women in Business Committee in the American Chamber of Commerce in Algeria. Grateful for that.


FERC Chair Glick: 'I'm all for providing further clarity' on changes in gas policies

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reversed course on policies regarding natural gas projects, including a system for estimating how pipelines and related facilities affect the environment.


East St. Louis Man Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

News Release: BENTON, Ill. - Eugene Falls, 42, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on March 31, 2022, to.


Smuggler Shoves Migrants out of Moving Vehicle

Three Points Station Border Patrol agents rendered first aid to three migrants pushed out of a vehicle by a smuggler Sunday afternoon near Sells, Arizona.Around 4:30 p.m., agents attempted to stop a black Dodge truck traveling northbound on Federal Route 19 for an immigration inspection.


Leader Rodgers Health Subcommittee Remarks on FDA User Fee Reauthorization for Medical Devices

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices."


Cincinnati CBP Stop Fake Driver’s Licenses

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered counterfeit driver’s licenses inside inbound packages moving through the Cincinnati Port of Entry. During a routine examination of packages, officers focused enforcement efforts on counterfeit documents produced outside the United States that were potentially going to be used to fake an identity of young adults that have not yet reached the age of 21.


12 Methamphetamine Traffickers Arrested in Brownfield, Lamesa Drug Bust

News Release: DALLAS, TX - Twelve alleged drug traffickers were arrested Wednesday in Operation Tormenta De Arena (“Sandstorm"), announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division



Federal Jury Convicts Anchorage Man of Heroin Distribution

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal jury convicted an Anchorage man on two counts of distributing heroin following two controlled operations in June 2020.


Laredo Sector Border Patrol Proudly Presents the March Youth of the Month Honorees

Laredo Sector Border Patrol Proudly Presents the March Youth of the Month Honorees


US Department of Labor recovers $106K in wages, damages  for 37 underpaid employees of Erie, Niagara County restaurants

News Release: BUFFALO, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $106,623 in back wages and liquidated damages for 37 cashiers and cooks employed at three Pita Gourmet locations in Erie and Niagara counties after its investigation found the operator paid some employees cash off the books, paid straight time for overtime for hours worked over 40 in a workweek and failed to combine hours worked by employees at multiple locations.





Two U.S. Citizens Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Seven Undocumented Individuals

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested two United States citizens attempting to smuggle seven undocumented individuals and seized a firearm, ammunition, and currency on Thursday night.