News from November 2022
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement on updates to a committee report outlining how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is creating economic dependencies via their familiar “debt trap" diplomacy. The report also details updated information on the CCP’s use of soft power efforts, like Confucius Institutes, and hard power efforts, like infrastructure investments, in developing countries.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - It has been just over two months since Hurricane Fiona impacted individuals and communities across Puerto Rico. The heavy rains and strong winds damaged homes, businesses and critical infrastructure. Nevertheless, FEMA, the Government of Puerto Rico and other federal and local partners swiftly came together to support the island’s recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Brookline man has been arrested for illegally possessing a machinegun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Ian Grantz (24, Tarpon Springs) with distribution of sexual abuse materials and possession of child sexual abuse materials. If convicted on all counts, Grantz faces a mandatory minimum...
By Tamara Browning | Nov 23, 2022
A U.S. representative from Arkansas, who was among members of Congress writing to the comptroller general asking for a study of “foreign investment in U.S. farmland,” said the U.S. shouldn’t give control of farmland to foreign adversaries.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of South Carolina to supplement state, local and tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Ian beginning Sept. 25 to Oct. 4, 2022.
By Tamara Browning | Nov 23, 2022
A U.S. representative from New York who was among members of Congress writing to the comptroller general asking for a study of “foreign investment in U.S. farmland” has criticized China’s purchase of U.S. farmland.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury sitting in McAllen has convicted a 52-year-old woman for conspiracy to commit murder for hire, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Five new Tribal Historic Preservation agreements were completed and signed with Tribes in two states in 2022. The National Park Service (NPS) welcomes the following Tribes to the Tribal Historic Preservation Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R Sellinger announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Montana man, who was charged along with his brother, was sentenced in the District of Columbia today to a prison term for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Joshua Calvin Hughes’s actions and the actions of others, including his brother, Jerod Wayne Hughes, disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: TOLEDO - Thomas K. Tetreau, 48, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, to more than 21 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick after Tetreau pleaded guilty to two counts of receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Stetson Shane Barnes, 30, of Loving, New Mexico, and Donald Alfred Busch, 34, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, were each sentenced to 40 years in prison following a conviction for their parts in a carjacking resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jerry Cintron Colon (42, Jacksonville) with aggravated identity theft, false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and fraud involving identification documents. If...
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 23, 2022
A former loan officer at SunMark Community Bank in Bonaire, Ga., pleaded guilty to charges related to a $1.2 million asset misapplication scheme.
