News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Texas woman sent to prison for sending meth-laced mail into detention facility following investigation by HSI Corpus Christi, law enforcement partners

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Texas woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for sending meth-laced papers disguised as mail to the Coastal Bend Detention Center following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...


Two Pharmacy Owners Plead Guilty in COVID-19 Money Laundering and Health Care Fraud Case

News Release: Two New York men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for using New York-area pharmacies to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and then laundering the criminal proceeds.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Christopher D. Robbins, 61, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to help protect communities across the country from possible consequences that may...


Vilsack: 'USDA is proud to play a pivotal role through our new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities'

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack highlighted the department's initiatives and investments in climate-friendly agricultural practices and forestry at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).


Fulton Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Secretly Recording Teen Victims

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Fulton, Mo., man who secretly recorded two teenage victims has been sentenced in federal court for attempting to produce child pornography.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Maryland men have been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers, for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.



News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Saco woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today to committing bankruptcy fraud, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


Release: The Government of the United States and the Government of Japan held a meeting of the bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue (EDD) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan from 15th to 16th of November 2022. The EDD, established in 2010, provides Washington and Tokyo with a regularized process to...


Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement for Hearing on Assessing U.S. Policy in the Caucasus

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today submitted the following opening remarks to the record on assessing U.S. policy in the Caucasus. The committee heard witness testimony from the Honorable Karen Donfried, assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs and the Honorable Philip Reeker, senior advisor for Caucasus negotiations at State.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Rochester man has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Julius Rucks, 41, of Butte County, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging DAVID MARSHALL, also known as “Saint," 37, of Bristol, with sex trafficking and related offenses.


News Release: BOSTON - A Stoughton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for firearm offenses.


Ten Charged with Crack Cocaine Distribution in Mount Vernon

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement...


News Release: BOSTON - The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture-and-design firm in Providence, R.I. were sentenced today for bribery relating to the Tribe’s plans to build a resort and casino in Taunton, Mass.


FRA Publishes Northeast Corridor Project Inventory, Laying Out Priorities for Intercity Passenger Rail Development on the NEC

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a list of priority projects in the Northeast Corridor, a railroad line that spans from Boston to Washington, D.C. This list will advance a systematic approach for the improvement and development of the commuter and intercity passenger . .