News from December 2025
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Phillip Washington III, also known as “Lil Phil,” has been indicted and arrested on charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to advocate for protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Three individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico on charges of bribery and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana through the U.S. Postal Service.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Clinical laboratory NEXT Bio-Research Services LLC, also known as NEXT Molecular Analytics and based in Chester, Virginia, has agreed to pay at least $758,000 to settle allegations that it provided illegal kickbacks to doctors and marketers.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Marcus Pittman, also known as “Nacho” and “Cheese,” pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm resulting in death during a kidnapping, robbery, and murder that occurred on July 25, 2024.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A Romanian citizen has pleaded guilty in federal court to a series of fraud schemes that resulted in nearly $200,000 in losses for a major retailer across 22 states.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Nosa Edokpaigbe, a Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for his role in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A Dallas man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in a series of violent robberies targeting ATMs across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A federal grand jury in Birmingham, Alabama, has indicted two individuals on charges related to child exploitation, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its new AI Strategy, which aims to integrate artificial intelligence into agency operations, research, and public health efforts.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A Goochland resident has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing cocaine and fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A Marion County resident, Shawn Adampeter Grunther, has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a minor for sexual activity.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Anzalduas International Bridge stopped an attempt to smuggle firearms into Mexico, intercepting 30 unreported pistols and 61 magazines during an outbound inspection.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A Marion County man has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice two minors for sexual activity.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Brian J. Cole, Jr., a 30-year-old resident of Woodbridge, Virginia, was arrested and charged for transporting and planting two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) outside the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee...
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
An Anchorage resident, Thurman Reed, 67, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking large amounts of illegal drugs and possessing a firearm connected to his drug crimes.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
At a recent hearing of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, lawmakers examined troubling practices among tax-exempt organ procurement organizations (OPOs).
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals in connection with an international firearms trafficking conspiracy.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
A former assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine, Gary Grajales-Reyes, MD-PhD, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Thursday after embezzling $412,163 from the institution.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has announced the launch of the U.S. Department of Education’s History Rocks!
