News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


FEMA Continues Hurricane Fiona Response Efforts: Sept. 23 Updates

News Release: WASHINGTON -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional assistance available to the Government of Puerto Rico Sept. 22. During a briefing on Puerto Rico’s response activities at FEMA’s Region 2 office in New York City, the President announced 100% federal funding for debris removal and emergency...


News Release: Defendant Must Serve Five-Year Mandatory Minimum in Prison.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Cody A. Cape, 24, of Blair, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher to a sentence of 117 months’ incarceration for Threatening to Murder a Federal Law Enforcement Officer and Carrying and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon his release, Cape will serve a 3-year term of Supervised Release.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bucks County Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Assaulting a Reproductive Healthcare Clinic Escort

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Mark Houck, 48, of Kintnersville, PA, was charged by Indictment with a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a federal crime to use force with the intent to injure, intimidate, and interfere...


Release: The below is a reposting of an OpEd originally published by the Miami Herald on Sept. 20, 2022.


Australia Commits to the Clean Energy Demand Initiative’s Goals with Corporate Partners

Release: Today in Pittsburgh, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joined the Government of Australia as it signed a Letter of Intent between the Australian government, represented by Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen, and nine companies - Akamai, Amazon, Cisco, Google, Iron Mountain,...


Darknet drug distributor sent to prison

News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old man residing in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine as a Darknet vendor, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement Following Typhoon Merbok in Alaska

News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the areas affected by Typhoon Merbok.


Chappaqua Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Participating in a Gunpoint Robbery of 176 Kilograms of Cocaine and Smuggling a Firearm Into a Federal Prison

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEEJAY WHITE was sentenced today to 21 years in prison for his participation in a May 29, 2019, gunpoint robbery in the Bronx targeting more than 150 kilograms of cocaine; his participation in a conspiracy...


News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Bangladesh, Botswana, and Spain on the occasion of the COVID-19 Group Action Plan (GAP) Ministerial.


Taunton Man Sentenced for Being a Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition

News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.



News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on Sept. 23, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Business Partner Of Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Art Buyers And Financers

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...



Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s really wonderful to be with my colleagues, my friends here this morning. I think our meeting today, including the document we’re about to sign is evidence that the Quad is strong and getting stronger, strengthening our multilateral cooperation. I think ...


Rhinelander Man Sentenced to 25 Years’ Imprisonment for Child Sex Trafficking

News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Sept. 21, 2022, Paul S. Osterman (age: 36) of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.