News from May 2022

By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alexander M.M. Uballez was sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico. Chief United States District Court Judge William P. Johnson administered the oath of office during a private ceremony. A formal investiture will be planned for a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A corrections officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pleaded guilty today in federal court to one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for sexually assaulting a woman in custody in December 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lucio Manuel Munoz, 29, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 188 months in prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving more than 75 pounds of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: Join the Jazz Ambassadors in Little Rock, Arkansas to hear the military's finest practitioners of jazz and swing. The Army's official touring big band, this 19-member jazz ensemble has received widespread acclaim at home and abroad, earning the Jazz Ambassadors the title, "America's Big Band.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: EVANSVILLE - Cody Pfettscher, 25, of Evansville, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for illegal possession of four unregistered, 3D printed smooth-bore pistols, possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. An additional charge of possession of a firearm by a felon was dismissed pursuant to a plea agreement.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced one of six defendants charged in a scheme to “straw purchase" firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives, and Firearms Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Anthony Coleman, of Piedmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
Chair Grijalva Statement on Interior Secretary Haaland Announcement on Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on legislation to strengthen American communications networks.

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration easing energy sanctions on Venezuela.

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Zambia Minister of Foreign Affairs Stanley Kakubo.

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to reaffirm USAID’s unwavering support for the country’s democratic and economic aspirations and its European and Euro-Atlantic path.

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
On May 14, Deputy Administrator Coleman completed her trip to Laos to deepen development cooperation with the Government of Laos and discuss shared priorities under the U.S.-Laos Comprehensive Partnership, an agreement launched by President Obama in 2016.

By Press release submission | May 24, 2022
For nearly 12 weeks, Russia has waged its unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, and its people.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: A Columbia, Tennessee, man was charged today with obstructing an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused an inmate in his custody.