News from December 2025
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), together with Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), and...
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
On December 10, 2025, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, addressed the Senate regarding former President Donald Trump’s recent acknowledgment of using a derogatory term to describe Haiti and African...
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Norman Dixson of Griffin, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges that include sponsoring and exhibiting a dog in an animal fighting venture, promoting animal fighting, animal crushing, and wire fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
A Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a human trafficking conspiracy, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Marcus Bernard Clark, a 30-year-old resident of Destin, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to fraud involving fifteen or more access devices and aggravated identity theft.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Joseph Francis Butler, a 35-year-old inmate from Illinois, has been sentenced to an additional 30 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse committed at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal spoke about the potential negative impact on veterans and their families if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits are not extended.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Federal authorities have charged three Denver residents—Felicia Ortiviz, 36, Joe Elijo Herrera, 51, and Alina Serena Ochoa-Luna, 33—in connection with the distribution of fentanyl that resulted in a death.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
A man from Mescalero was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for assaulting a woman and causing her serious injuries.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that more than 2.5 million undocumented immigrants have left the United States since January 20, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Chairman Rick Scott of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging led a hearing in Washington, D.C., focused on the positive contributions of seniors to the American economy.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, opened an oversight hearing to review recent changes made by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Trump...
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about a Republican bill aimed at reducing health care costs by giving money directly to families.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
An Arizona man has admitted to assaulting a federal officer after he rammed a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle while fleeing law enforcement in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Two graduates of U.S. military academies, Special Agent James Edward “Buck” Baynard II and Acting Deputy Assistant Director Stephen Gleason, have built careers at the United States Secret Service after their time as rivals on the football field.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
A 48-year-old Pakistani national with a criminal record died on December 6 at Texas Health Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Joe Lewis, a 55-year-old resident of Hinds County, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 292 months in federal prison after being convicted on two counts of attempted production of child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
On December 5, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Arizona, in cooperation with federal partners, executed 16 criminal federal search warrants across nine restaurants and seven stash houses in Tucson and surrounding areas.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to discuss issues related to regional security and humanitarian efforts.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2025
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Ranking Member Jack Reed, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, and Ranking Member Adam Smith released a joint statement addressing aviation...
