News from August 2025
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Rena Barrett, a former loan officer with the Small Business Administration (SBA), pleaded guilty on August 11, 2025, to making false statements to the SBA related to over $550,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans. “The Economic Injury...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
On August 12, 2025, Harjinder Singh was arrested in St. Lucie County, Florida after causing a fatal accident involving an 18-wheeler truck.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
The Department of the Interior has approved a mining plan modification that will allow access to 14.5 million tons of federally owned coal at the Antelope Mine in Converse County, Wyoming.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
The Department of the Interior has completed the environmental review for a significant coal project in Utah, marking the first expedited coal leasing action under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
The Department of the Interior has announced a comprehensive review of offshore wind energy regulations to ensure alignment with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and current U.S. energy priorities under President Donald J. Trump.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Following the verdict in the case of Roman Storm, Blockchain Association Senior Counsel Laura Sanders issued a statement expressing disappointment over the jury’s decision.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation has introduced a proposed rule to expand the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, in American airspace.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
The Department of the Interior has approved a modification to the mining plan for the Rosebud Mine, located in Rosebud and Treasure counties, Montana.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released updated plans for hiring and developing air traffic controllers and aviation safety personnel.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced a proposed rule aimed at expanding the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, in the national airspace.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
The Department of the Interior has announced it will reverse the approval of the Lava Ridge Wind Project in southern Idaho, a project initially approved during the last days of President Joe Biden’s administration.
By E. W. Williamson | Aug 11, 2025
James Carter, Principal and Policy Director at Navigators Global, has called for Congress to address a tax loophole that allows foreign litigation funders to profit from U.S. cases without paying taxes.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
A New York man has been sentenced to five years of probation for making numerous harassing and threatening communications to a Connecticut resident.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Newark has arrested four more individuals illegally present in the United States with histories of child exploitation, bringing the total number of recent arrests in this ongoing operation to eight.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Regulation shapes the American economy, but measuring the true cost and benefit of regulation is difficult.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated 18 entities and individuals for their involvement in efforts by the Iranian government to generate revenue and evade U.S. sanctions.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on three senior members and one associate of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a Mexico-based organization previously known as Los Zetas.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil in Washington on August 4, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in collaboration with U.S. and international law enforcement agencies, has dismantled infrastructure used by the BlackSuit ransomware group.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
An ICE Homeland Security Task Force in Orlando has arrested Guillermo Perez Alzate, a Colombian national and former paramilitary leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.
