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Guatemalan man indicted in Louisiana for illegal reentry after deportation

A Guatemalan national has been indicted in New Orleans for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.


Methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 11 years after gun found during probation search

Mark Robert Eury, a 54-year-old resident of Catawba, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearm possession.


NFIB backs Energy Choice Act aimed at protecting small business access to diverse energy sources

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has expressed its support for H.R. 3699, known as the Energy Choice Act, in a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives.


Comer expands probe into claims of political bias in U.S. financial sector

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has announced an expansion of the committee’s investigation into what he describes as politically motivated discrimination within the U.S. financial system and the Biden Administration’s...


Virginia man receives over 20 years for drug trafficking offenses in Utah

Cruz Javier Garcia, a 39-year-old resident of Bland, Virginia, was sentenced in Salt Lake City to more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in Utah.


Secretary Rubio urges UN Security Council action for peaceful resolution in Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the United Nations Security Council in a ministerial meeting focused on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.


Colombian woman sentenced to two years for role in multi-state jewelry thefts

A Colombian national has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for her role in a coordinated jewelry theft ring that targeted stores and kiosks across the United States.


Senator Cassidy seeks answers over alleged coerced student abortions at Fairfax County school

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has called for an investigation into allegations that officials at Centreville High School in Fairfax County arranged and paid for abortions...


ICE officer injured during arrest attempt involving undocumented immigrants in Florida

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was injured in Homestead, Florida, after a traffic stop involving Henry Isaul Garcia, a Guatemalan national who entered the United States illegally.


Grays Harbor County man pleads guilty to drug charges; faces at least ten years

A man from Grays Harbor County, Washington, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.


SAMHSA allocates $45 million to expand sober housing for young adults

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has announced over $45 million in supplemental funding for State Opioid Response program recipients.


Billings man sentenced to over two decades for sex crimes on Fort Belknap Reservation

A Billings man, James Kirby King, 58, has been sentenced to 290 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for a series of sex crimes committed over approximately three decades on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and in Billings.


Former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada sentenced on federal fraud charges

Former Tennessee Speaker of the House Glen Casada and his former Chief of Staff Cade Cothren have been sentenced to federal prison following convictions on charges including honest services wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, using...


Ohio man sentenced to prison for robbing postal employee in Toledo

A Lucas County resident has been sentenced to prison for his role in robbing a U.S. postal carrier and threatening violence during an official delivery route at an apartment complex.


Ohio man faces federal charges for alleged child sexual abuse material offenses

A Lorain County resident, Michael Neville, 46, of Elyria, Ohio, has been charged by criminal complaint with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit activity and possession of child sexual abuse...


Venezuelan man pleads guilty to lying on immigration forms and gun applications

A Venezuelan national residing unlawfully in Perrysburg, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to charges related to lying on immigration forms and firearms applications.


Broken Arrow man receives eight-year sentence for attempted receipt of child pornography

A Broken Arrow man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for attempting to receive child pornography and arranging to meet a minor, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil, III,...


Houma resident pleads guilty to federal fentanyl distribution charge

A Houma man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to fentanyl distribution, according to Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson.


Toppenish woman receives probation for role in armed assault at closed motel

A woman from Toppenish, Washington, has been sentenced to five years of federal probation for her role in aiding and abetting an assault with a dangerous weapon.


Rio Grande City man pleads guilty to transporting nearly 29 kilograms of cocaine

A South Texas man has pleaded guilty to possessing nearly 29 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.