News from February 2025
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
DOGE announced that an audit at the Department of Labor uncovered a misallocation of software licenses, including hundreds of unused Microsoft 365, VSCode, and Photoshop licenses.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff has agreed in principle to dismiss its enforcement case against Coinbase, pending Commissioner approval.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Elon Musk announced that all federal employees must respond to an email requesting them to list five accomplishments from the previous week.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Lee Zeldin, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced the cancellation of 21 grants related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Environmental Justice.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
DOGE has announced the cancellation of planned expenditures totaling over $800 million for international programs.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in collaboration with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, has arrested a six-time deported MS-13 gang member from El Salvador.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Willie Shanderek Shavon Woodard, a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service in Monroe, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A federal grand jury has issued a 14-count indictment against three individuals on charges related to firearms, drug trafficking, and immigration offenses.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a new public-private partnership aimed at reducing wildfire risk through a $75 million Stewardship Agreement.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Today, Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party expressed concern over reports that Thai authorities plan to...
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Florida man, Joshua Pavao, who often stayed in Coventry, Rhode Island, admitted to possessing illegal firearms.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The potential permanent extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions, set to expire in 2026, could have significant economic, revenue, and distributional impacts according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A man who evaded authorities for over 40 years has been apprehended in New Mexico.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A woman from Denver, Colorado, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in two deaths.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig has sentenced Dexter McKinnies to 25 years in prison for shooting at St. Louis County Police Department officers in 2020.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Following a five-day jury trial, Ivan Van Beverhoudt, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, has been convicted of importing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 16 kilograms of...
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Colorado Springs resident, Jose Baeza, aged 41, has been sentenced to 330 months in federal prison.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Simi Valley couple, Carolina Rojas and Jairo John Gastelo, were arrested on charges of exploiting asylum-seeking immigrants from Latin America.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Matthew Podolsky, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Joy Harris, a former superintendent for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), was sentenced to 41 months in prison.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Shelbra Long, a 58-year-old resident of Edinburg, Texas, has pled guilty to charges of conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.
