News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
David M. Anderson, a 64-year-old physician from Morgantown, West Virginia, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for filing false tax returns.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted a significant quantity of cocaine, valued at $2,700,300, from a passenger bus.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a significant $1 billion initiative aimed at tackling the challenges posed by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), supporting the U.S. poultry industry, and lowering egg prices.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has expressed concerns over the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) recent push for mandates that affect consumer technology.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
AMANDO ANTONIO VELASQUEZ-GUEVARA, a 29-year-old Honduran national, has been indicted for illegal reentry into the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Today, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reported a significant rise in arrests of illegal aliens under President Trump's administration.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Cynthia Denise Melvin, a 59-year-old resident of Fayetteville, North Carolina, has entered a guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Three men from Newport News have been sentenced to life imprisonment following their conviction by a federal jury for a series of violent crimes, including five murders and two additional shootings.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A pair of businessmen from Charlotte, North Carolina, have been sentenced in federal court for failing to account for and pay over more than $150,000 in trust fund taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over five quarters in 2016 and 2017.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Marc Anthony Alexander, aged 44 and a recent resident of Milford, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison. U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Miami man has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death and possession of a machinegun conversion device.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
United States District Court Judge William H. Steele has sentenced Sheldon Terrell Peters to 105 months in prison for cocaine trafficking.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
Bastion has announced the acquisition of Dibbs Trust Company, with a new charter from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) enabling regulated stablecoin issuance for enterprises.

By Greg Walcher | Feb 25, 2025
Police have an informal term, "Permit Patty," for individuals who call law enforcement over minor issues.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, Chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets, along with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Steve Daines, Ron Wyden, Thom Tillis, Bill Hagerty, and Bernie Moreno, has reached out to the Securities and Exchange...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
Former President Donald Trump, known for his dealmaking approach, has been engaging directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
Net wealth taxes, which are recurrent levies on an individual's total assets minus liabilities, remain a contentious issue in Europe.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has announced several key appointments for senior positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
Today, Secretary Kristi Noem declared that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 25, 2025
Two men from Manchester have admitted guilt in a federal court for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack.