News from May 2022

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Trina A. Higgins was sworn in as United States Attorney for the District of Utah by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robert J. Shelby. President Biden nominated Higgins on Jan. 31, 2022, and she was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27, 2022.

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
FY22 Microgrants -Community Policing Development Solicitation grant opened on May 5.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) Program - Region 8 grant opened on May 5.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: A former California man made a court appearance earlier this week after being apprehended and deported from Costa Rica, so that he could be sentenced by a federal judge on his U.S. conviction for tax crimes.

By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Women Entrepreneurs Shark-Tank grant opened on May 5.
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: The United States stands with Burundi in the face of al-Shabab’s May 3 attack on Burundian soldiers serving at the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) base in Ceel-Baraf, Somalia. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the fallen, wounded, and missing. Burundi’s courageous...

By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Press release submission | May 5, 2022
Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes Funding Opportunity

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: MACON, GA: Thirteen defendants have been sentenced to terms of up to 15 years in prison after an extensive operation that targeted a middle Georgia drug trafficking conspiracy.

By Press release submission | May 5, 2022
Two European Citizens Charged for Conspiring with a U.S. Citizen to Assist North Korea in Evading U.S. Sanctions

By Press release submission | May 5, 2022
Member of Georgia Chapter of Oath Keepers Pleads Guilty to Seditious Conspiracy and Obstruction of Congress for Efforts to Stop Transfer of Power Following 2020 Presidential Election
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: We vehemently condemn the terrorist attack in Elad, Israel, which killed at least three and wounded many others. This was a horrific attack targeting innocent men and women, and was particularly heinous coming as Israel celebrated its Independence Day. Our hearts are with the victims and loved ones of...

By Press release submission | May 5, 2022
Former Alabama Resident Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for Concealing Terrorism Financing

By Press release submission | May 5, 2022
California Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Subject Mother and Her Two Daughters to Forced Labor

By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: Thank you, Miguel, for that introduction and for your leadership at MBDA. And thank you to Cedric Richmond for joining us from the White House.

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man and woman were sentenced to more than 23 years in prison combined for possessing with intent to distribute 14,000 tablets of fentanyl and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), co-founders of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus (EJC), today issued a joint statement applauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) for creating the Office of Environmental Justice to address environmental justice issues across the nation.

By Press release submission | May 5, 2022
Justice Department Challenges Alabama Law that Criminalizes Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth