News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Gavin Wilcox, 31, of Bennington, Vermont was arraigned today on an indictment that alleges Wilcox unlawfully possessed a firearm on March 31, 2022. At today’s hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered Wilcox detained pending trial.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, on the 150th anniversary of President Ulysses S. Grant signing the General Mining Act of 1872 into law, Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol calling for modernization of this antiquated mining law.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Cocaine packaged in 5 heat-sealed packages inside Pride’s Lexus.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Delray Beach, Florida man who fueled an international firearms smuggling ring with guns he illegally purchased at South Florida gun shows through straw buyers has been sentenced to 200 months in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that TJ Myers, 33, of Merrill, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 137 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Myers pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 26, 2022.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd D. Robinson will travel to Mexico May 11-12.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: The United States is joining with allies and partners to condemn Russia’s destructive cyber activities against Ukraine. In the months leading up to and after Russia’s illegal further invasion began, Ukraine experienced a series of disruptive cyber operations, including website defacements, distributed ...
By Bob Pepalis | May 10, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department will deploy $300 million of State Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance Funding for small businesses for underserved entrepreneurs and very small businesses.
By Bob Pepalis | May 10, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh took the opportunity during a visit to Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, to highlight how the proposed Bipartisan Innovation Act will advance the nation’s global leadership in future technologies.
By Karen Kidd | May 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to accept more than 2 million acres from agricultural producers and landowners through Conservation Reserve Program's general signup.
By Trina Thomas | May 10, 2022
Acadia National Park in Maine is officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The Victim’s Former Employer Allegedly Ordered the 2019 Murder After the Victim Started a Rival Property Development Company.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Aaron Reed, Jr., of Bridgeport, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: The United States is committed to Indigenous-led conservation. Tribal and Indigenous communities have been the original stewards of land, waters, and wildlife since time immemorial. Many of the major milestones in protecting ocean areas under the jurisdiction of the United States resulted from the leadership of Tribes and Indigenous communities.
By David Beasley | May 10, 2022
China criticized the U.S. State Department for edits that were made to its website that favored Taiwan and went against the "one-China" principle.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel May 10-12 to Marrakech, Morocco, to attend a meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
