News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Three Men Charged with International Market Manipulation Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An indictment unsealed today charges three men with orchestrating a large-scale market manipulation scheme related to two publicly traded companies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Community coalition: Railroad would have 'detrimental impact on public safety and quality of life for residents and business operations'

A coalition of municipal leaders and public safety officials representing eight Illinois communities whose “public safety and quality of life” would be directly impacted by a proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads are traveling to Washington, D.C. to press their concerns before the Surface Transportation Board at a public hearing Wednesday.


Worcester Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2022 in federal court in Worcester for unlawful firearm possession and trafficking in fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.


State Department discusses International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) Meeting Notice on Sept. 26

The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: Redesignation Allows Additional Eligible Burmese Nationals to Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced  an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma for an additional 18 months, from Nov. 26, 2022, through ...


News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss the U.S.-India commercial relationship and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). Secretary Raimondo welcomed the government of India’s participation in IPEF ...


Somerset County Woman Admits $1 Million Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, woman today admitted fraudulently obtaining over $1 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


BLM announces 765-acre prescribed burn near Highway 6 in Utah County

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- The Bureau of Land Management West Desert District plans to conduct a prescribed burn of 765 acres in the Kyune Creek area between late-September and mid-October 2022, as conditions allow. The project area is located in Utah County, approximately 42 miles east of Spanish Fork on Highway 6.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT NEWLAND, the business partner of art dealer INIGO PHILBRICK, who specialized in post-war and contemporary fine art with galleries in London, United Kingdom, and Miami, Florida, pled guilty today...


Proposed rule published on Sept. 26 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page proposed rule on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Sept. 21 and discussed the importance of maintaining open communication between the two countries.


U.S. National Statement at the 66th IAEA General Conference Plenary Session As Delivered by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm

Release: Vienna, Austria Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 It is an honor to join this group of esteemed diplomats today. Let me begin with a message from the President of the United States, Joe Biden: This year’s General Conference arrives at a defining moment in history. We face an existential climate crisis; fast-paced ...



News Release: Pharmaceutical company Biogen Inc. (Biogen), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $900 million to resolve allegations that it caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid by paying kickbacks to physicians to induce them to prescribe Biogen drugs.


Senator Murray Statement on Biden Administration Ending Low-Quality Trump-Era Apprenticeship Program

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) publication of a final rule rescinding the Trump administration’s “Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship...


Daphne Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Daphne man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it.


MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to 2015 Murder in Babylon, Attempted Murder in Bay Shore, and Other Crimes

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Reynaldo Lopez-Alvarado, also known as “Mente," a member of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with his participation...


Operation Hard Pressed Results in Charges Against Seven Defendants for Selling Fentanyl, Cocaine and Fake Xanax Pills

News Release: Seven suspects were arrested Tuesday in Tulsa for allegedly taking part in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Tulsa metro area that distributed counterfeit Xanax pills, cocaine, and fentanyl.


Industry and Security Bureau set to publish a new notice on Sept. 28

There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 28.