News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023



News Release: DEPUTY SECRETARY SHERMAN: Good afternoon, Vice Minister Mori, First Vice Minister Cho. It is a private to host you for our first trilateral dialogue of 2023 and our fifth under the Biden‑Harris administration.


Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CAMILO ENRIQUEZ-NUNEZ, a/k/a “Viejo," the leader of a drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of kilograms of cocaine, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to conspiring to distribute more than 5,000 kilograms of cocaine.


Israeli Settlement and Outpost Legalization Announcement

News Release: We are deeply troubled by Israel’s decision yesterday to advance reportedly nearly 10,000 settlement units and to begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law. Like previous administrations, Democratic and Republican, we strongly ...


Yellowstone recruiting for 2023 Youth Conservation Corps program

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Ceratosaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. It is known from the Carnegie Quarry at Dinosaur National Monument from a single bone, a premaxilla. This bone is diagnostic...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the Chairs and Ranking Members of the committee’s three subcommittees for the 118th Congress.


News Release: BOSTON (Feb. 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in New Hampshire. This investment, which is ...


The Code Noir and the Missouri Compromise

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky district, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 2 listed. Parking - Auto, Trailhead. People seeking a mostly level hike longer than just a mile might enjoy the Murphy Point Trail. It leaves the pavement and vehicle sounds behind, and offers the...


Release: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. A Connecticut man was arrested by police when Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Westchester County Airport prevented the man from bringing a loaded handgun through the security checkpoint yesterday, Monday, Feb. 13. The.45 caliber gun was loaded with seven bullets.



DOS-JOR grant application closes on June 4

U.S. Embassy Amman, PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 14.


News Release: The following is the joint statement released by the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and the Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Republic of Korea following a trilateral meeting in Washington, D.C.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Dryosaurus altus is a species of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, found in the Morrison Formation. Dryosaurus altus means “oak lizard" in reference to the leaf shaped teeth. It is a plant eating...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $46,488,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Ohio drinking water. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will ...


Wenstrup & Comer Launch First Select Subcommittee Investigation into COVID Origins and U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Funneled to the Wuhan Lab

News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a new staff report with detailed information regarding the Committee’s investigation of U.S. Investigations Services, Inc. (USIS), the contractor that conducted the background...


Biden calls for immigration reform in State of the Union address: 'American border problems won’t be fixed until Congress acts'

Last week, during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, he pleaded to legislatures to come together on the issue of immigration reform. It is no secret that the Biden administration would like to see a change in border policy to make it easier for immigrants to gain citizenship. The administration believes this would help with the shortage in labor supply.


News Release: ATLANTA - Pike County has been added to the major disaster declaration for Georgia’s severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes of Jan. 12, meaning residents who sustained damage or losses from the storms may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance.



News Release: Memphis, TN - Joel Evan Lattimer, 43, of Bartlett, TN., has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for solicitation of child pornography and attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.