News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Leader Rodgers’ Statement on FCC Space Bureau

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Jessica Rosenworcel’s announcement that the FCC would be establishing a Space Bureau at the agency.


Federal Support for Hurricane Ian Totals $1.93 Billion; FEMA Provides $719 Million in Individual Assistance to Jumpstart Survivor Recovery

News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $1.93 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments has been provided to the state of Florida and households to help survivors jumpstart their recovery after Hurricane Ian.



News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant DEAMONTE BROWN, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ashe to 60 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee on Count One of a one-count indictment.


USDA Designates Six Kansas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Pineville, Mo., couple has been charged in federal court for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of a pregnant Arkansas woman.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former Rikers Correction Officer Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Taking Bribes to Smuggle Contraband to Inmates

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RASHAWN ASSANAH was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and more than $18,000 in financial penalties for taking bribes from inmates to smuggle contraband into a Rikers Island facility. ASSANAH previously was arrested on May 26, 2021, and later pled guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges. United States District Judge Colleen McMahon imposed today’s sentence.


District Man Pleads Guilty to Charges for Armed Carjacking and Robbery in Northeast Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Devin Gatewood, also known as James J. Williams, 23, of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from an armed carjacking and robbery in the Trinidad area of Northeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


USDA Designates Four South Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


The 43rd Anniversary of the Takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran

Release: Today marks 43 years since the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Followers of Ayatollah Khomeini held our diplomats hostage for 444 days, tormenting them and, by extension, their families at home in the United States. We are grateful for the selfless sacrifice of our diplomats who served in Tehran - just as we are for the service of all American diplomats who work to advance U.S. national security interests around the world, often under harrowing circumstances.


There were 116 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in October.


Proposed Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Greenville, Spartanburg, and Greer, SC discussed on Nov. 4 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Late yesterday a federal jury convicted Darryl Colton Frazer, age 34, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on federal gun and drug conspiracy charges. Frazer’s co-defendant, Shamire Moore, age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2022, to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


News Release: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Two individuals pleaded guilty to charges today in related cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles.


USDA Designates Three Iowa Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tyshawn T. Babers, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Groundbreaking ceremony kicks off Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded project to modernize the Truckee Canal

News Release: SPARKS, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Truckee-Carson Irrigation District today broke ground on a $35 million construction project funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore safe, long-term operation of the Truckee Canal. The event marked the beginning of Phase 1 of a...


Instagram Personality Known as 'Jay Mazini' Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, and Money Laundering

News Release: Earlier today, Jebara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini," pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a three count information charging him with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. As set forth in the information, up until March 2021, Igbara maintained a popular Instagram account...


USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial Chickens in Mississippi

Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial breeder chicken flock in Lawrence County, Mississippi.