News from February 2023

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man and a Callaway County, Mo., man were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Boone and Callaway counties.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Angel Almeida will be arraigned this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on a superseding indictment charging him with the sexual exploitation and attempted exploitation of a minor, coercion and enticement and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, possession of child pornography...

By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
Release: I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing women and girls in Afghanistan through restrictive policies and violence,...

By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) issued the following statement ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to China.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “Challenges and Opportunities to Investigating the Origins of Pandemics and Other Biological Events. "

By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “Economic Danger Zone: How America Competes to Win the Future Versus China."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: A Michigan doctor was sentenced today to 16.5 years in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that resulted in over $250 million in false and fraudulent claims being submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurance programs, exploited patients suffering from addiction by administering unnecessary injections, illegally distributed over 6.6 million doses of medically unnecessary opioids, and engaged in money laundering.

By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Today we are opening the U.S. Embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands less than one year after we announced our intent to open it. Doing so symbolizes a renewal of our relationship and underlines the strength of our commitment to our bilateral relations, the people of Solomon Islands, and our partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for attempting to firebomb an Essex County, New Jersey, synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Darion Ray Sexton, age 21, of Loveland, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with causing damage to a Loveland Church by fire. Sexton was ordered detained today pending trial by United States Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara. Sexton had been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint filed on Jan. 23, 2023.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
Release: Good morning, I would like to welcome all of you to the 8th U.S.-India Civil Space Joint Working Group meeting.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Alaskan residents recovering from September’s Typhoon Merbok are still able to apply for disaster assistance with FEMA even though the application period has ended. Survivors have until Feb. 4, 2023, to apply.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled: “Lives Worth Living: Addressing the Fentanyl Crisis, Protecting Critical Lifelines, and Combatting Discrimination Against Those with Disabilities."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: A Virginia man was arrested last night on criminal charges related to his alleged transportation of images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI- A man formerly and currently incarcerated in Hamilton County on state charges has been charged federally with crimes related to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 5 listed. Parking - Auto, Picnic Table, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trailhead. Broad sage-covered plateaus eventually give way to an increasingly narrow ridge. This promontory of land was named Harpers Corner after a local rancher who used it as a natural...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Grain Valley, Mo., man who had been released from federal prison in a prior drug-trafficking case less than three months before his arrest was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2023
News Release: A defendant was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for killing a man with a machete in Claremore in 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.