News from February 2025
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A couple from Springfield, Missouri, has been arrested and charged with transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
An Omaha resident, Jose Israel Robledo, has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for distributing a significant quantity of methamphetamine.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) addressed Congress on the impact of federal permitting inefficiencies on housing costs.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Michael Andrew Scott, a 38-year-old resident of Fair Oaks, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for fraud related to medical device sales.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A federal jury in Tampa, Florida, has convicted Tryon Metteria Byrd IV of Valrico for his involvement in drug trafficking activities.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has apprehended Ender Jose Roa Contreras, a 29-year-old Venezuelan national, in Denver on February 19.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A Kansas City doctor has admitted to accepting significant kickbacks in exchange for ordering unnecessary health care services.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reopened the historic Gallatin entrance of the Treasury Department building, located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Austin, Texas, have apprehended Carlos Daniel Teran-Aguilar, a Venezuelan national wanted in Chile for narcotics and weapons trafficking.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
David Roger Franklin, a businessman from Yakima, Washington, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent conducted an introductory call with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A Pittsburgh resident has admitted guilt in a federal court to charges related to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking through force, threats, fraud, or coercion.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Repro Uncensored coalition have launched the #StopCensoringAbortion campaign to address growing concerns about the censorship of reproductive health and abortion information on social media platforms.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Michael Brian DePetrillo, 43, from New Orleans, has pled guilty to violating the Commodity Exchange Act on February 18, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
YAPP USA Automotive Systems, Inc., a Michigan-based corporation, has agreed to pay $14.2 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins held a roundtable discussion with U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighters to express gratitude for their service during the recent California fires.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A Palmdale resident, Darius Desean Edwards, is set to appear in court today following a federal grand jury indictment.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Rodrigo Marrufo-Pineda, a 34-year-old from Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Warren Gregory Edwards, a 34-year-old resident of Fort Myers, to two years and six months in federal prison.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A convicted felon in Birmingham, Alabama, has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm.
