News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer and Throwing Object at Police.


DOS-AQM grant application closes on April 10

DRL Advancing Access to Justice for Morocco's Underserved Populations grant opened on Feb. 9.


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News Release: Seligman Commercial Historic District is the commercial heart of the small community of Seligman, Arizona and the commercial center of Northern Yavapai County. First a railroad center, Seligman’s commercial core grew when Route 66 came through in 1926. The district is an important reminder of how transportation...


News Release: A federal jury yesterday convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 46, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS; providing material support to ISIS in the form of personnel, training, expert...


Crapo: Americans Can’t Afford More of the Same Tax-and-Spend Strategy

News Release: Washington, D.C.--In an interview with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) talked about his reaction to the damaging tax-and-spend proposals outlined in the President’s State of the Union address.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on April 4

BJA FY 23 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA grant opened on Feb. 9.


USDOJ-OJP-NIJ offers new grant application process starting Feb. 9

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grant opened on Feb. 9.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on April 4

BJA FY 23 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence grant opened on Feb. 9.


Columbia Couple Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Disney Movies on eBay

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., couple was sentenced in federal court today for a scheme to smuggle counterfeit Disney DVDs into the United States and sell them on eBay.


Notice published on Feb. 8 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Commerce Department publish on Feb. 8?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


ROUND UP: Chair Rodgers Statements on the State of the Union

News Release: The American people heard from President Biden on Tuesday evening for his State of the Union. Instead of addressing the many crises facing Americans, like inflation, unaffordable energy, his border crisis, and his weakness against China, President Biden doubled down on his wish list for more radical spending and a socialist agenda.


News Release: Washington, D.C. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 185, a bill to the End Cruel International Travel COVID Shot Mandate...


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GREG MCKENZIE, a former Bureau of Prisons correctional officer, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for obstructing a federal investigation into the smuggling of a firearm into the Metropolitan Correctional...


Texas Man Pleads Guilty to 90 Federal Hate Crimes and Firearms Violations for August 2019 Mass Shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas

News Release: A Texas man who carried out the mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2019, killing 23 people and injuring 22 more, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to a 90-count indictment, including 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and 45 counts of using a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence.


News Release: Washington, D.C. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 185, a bill to the End Cruel International Travel COVID Shot Mandate...


Two Defendants Sentenced to 202 Years' and 40 Years' Imprisonment, Respectively, for their Participation in the Murder and Extortion of Queens Business Owner

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ppassim Elder, also known as “Bsam," “Big Sam" and “Sam," and Wilbert Bryant, also known as “Will" and “La," were sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II, to terms of imprisonment of 202 years and 40 years, respectively. The defendants...


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Irish Tánaiste/Minister for Foreign Affairs Martin

News Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Washington, D.C. with Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin. The Deputy Secretary thanked the Tánaiste for Ireland’s support to Ukraine, including hosting over 70,000 Ukrainians displaced by Putin’s unjustified war. The ...


Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Lying To Probation Officer

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joseph Stevens, 58, of Olean, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to making a materially false statement to a probation officer, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.