News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three individuals have pleaded guilty for their roles in a murder that took place in August 2019 on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


What releases are upcoming from the Federal Reserve System on Sept. 26

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 26.


NIST Physicist Adam Kaufman Wins Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize

News Release: Boulder, Colo. - Physicist Adam Kaufman of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been awarded the 2023 New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation for his work in advancing the control of atoms and molecules to improve atomic clocks and quantum information processing.


Designating Iran’s Morality Police and Seven Officials for Human Rights Abuses in Iran

Release: The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people.


Comer, Oversight Republicans Seek Biden Administration’s Plan to Address the Economic Crisis  

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are again calling on National Economic Council Director Brian Deese to provide the Biden Administration’s plan to address the worst economic crisis facing the American people...


Identifying Quality Childcare

News Release: Identifying the right childcare for your family can be overwhelming. As childcare tends to take up a large portion of a family budget, it is important to review your options. To help you find the childcare that works best for you, begin by assessing your family’s situation.


BLM hazardous fuels work at Cloverdale Trails temporarily limits access

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will increase public safety, wildfire resilience and landscape health by conducting hazardous fuels work on sections of the Cloverdale Trails recreational site, from Tuesday, Sept. 27, through November 2022. Public access will be temporarily restricted...


North Alabama Law Enforcement Actions to Combat Fentanyl  Distribution Leads to Five Men Charged in Federal Indictments

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Federal grand jury indictments have been unsealed charging five men, in separate and unrelated incidents, for possessing and/or distributing fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Duane Taylor, 47, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged by Indictment with kidnapping after abducting a minor child from her home in Reading, Pennsylvania, and transporting the child to his residence last month. The defendant made his initial appearance in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on these charges earlier today.


News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga was sentenced in federal court today to 50 years in prison for the murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010. Favela-Astorga pleaded guilty to Agent Terry’s murder in April 2022. He is the seventh and final defendant to be convicted and sentenced in this case.


News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - As the worsening drought crisis continues to impact communities across the West, senior leaders from the Department of the Interior are outlining new and urgent actions to improve and protect the long-term sustainability of the Colorado River System.


Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sung Kim’s Travel to Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK)

News Release: U.S. Special Representative for the DPRK Ambassador Sung Kim traveled to Seoul from September 17 to 22 and participated in meetings with ROK government officials to discuss a broad range of DPRK-related issues, including the DPRK’s recent escalatory actions, the U.S.-ROK Alliance, and significant human ...


New Jersey Man Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Actions Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - An Army reservist from New Jersey was sentenced today to 48 months in prison on felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


APHIS BRS Stakeholder Meeting – December 8 – Save the Date

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) will hold its annual Stakeholder Meeting on Thursday, December 8, 2022. BRS will offer in-person-at the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737-and virtual ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee onScience, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) sent a letter to the White House requesting the documents and communications necessary to conduct oversight of the administration’s response to scientific integrity violations by a senior White House science advisor. In part, the members wrote.


Mississippi Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Client Returns

News Release: A Mississippi man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for preparing false tax returns for his clients.


Chairwoman Stabenow Opening Statement at Hearing to Review the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act


Release: The high-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly Week, co-hosted by the Netherlands, the United States and Germany, honoured the joint effort with the UN to prevent a looming environmental disaster with severe humanitarian and economic costs. To prevent this catastrophe the UN has coordinated ...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL NASTU, 63, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to a child exploitation offense.


News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Haitian national Peniel Olibris, age 32, has pleaded guilty to smuggling goods, specifically firearms, from the United States.