News from April 2025

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent released a statement in response to the Senate's approval of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor has allocated $2 million to help workers in Washington State who have been laid off as part of Boeing's nationwide workforce reductions.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer commented on the March 2025 Employment Situation Report, acknowledging the economic growth observed this month.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is set to embark on a nationwide "America at Work" listening tour.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education announced plans to begin negotiated rulemaking on programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Today, the U.S. Department of Education instructed state education commissioners overseeing K-12 State Education Agencies (SEAs) to certify compliance with federal antidiscrimination obligations before continuing to receive federal financial aid.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Today, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the formation of the Title IX Special Investigations Team.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
A significant development occurred last week in the fight against methamphetamine distribution in Southwest Virginia, as a major supplier and two related dealers received substantial federal prison sentences.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Timothy Martin, a 55-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, was found guilty of defacing a notable art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The jury's decision was revealed by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., alongside...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
The President has announced a two-year exemption for certain coal-fired electric utility steam generating units from complying with a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell by 3.3 points in March to 97.4, slightly below the 98-point 51-year average.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Herman Calvin Brightman, a New Jersey resident, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for stalking and assaulting multiple women.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
A group of affiliated companies has agreed to pay $10.8 million to settle allegations of fraudulently obtaining loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as announced by Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling for the Eastern...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
The U.S. Secret Service in New York has seized a second web domain related to a cryptocurrency fraud scheme known as "pig butchering."

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Vincent Sandifer, a 25-year-old resident of Mobile, has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Otis Burks, a resident of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, has been indicted on charges related to drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is set to conduct a joint hearing with the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has confirmed that Juan Vera-Cervantes, a 45-year-old Mexican national, has pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United States after previously being deported several times. U.S. District Judge Charles J....

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Dwayne Wahtomy Jr., a 47-year-old resident of Ethete, Wyoming, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and will have 10 years of supervised release for the abusive sexual contact of a minor.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 8, 2025
Nader Ngoopos, known as 'Nike', has been sentenced to a decade in prison in connection with multiple drug and gun charges. U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. delivered the sentence following Ngoopos's conviction for conspiring to distribute...