News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising WaterSense specifications that were implemented during the Biden-Harris Administration.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, has indicted a woman from Olathe for allegedly misusing her former employer's company debit card to make unauthorized purchases.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
Three Virginia men have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
President Donald J. Trump has taken a firm stance against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools by prohibiting federal funding for such requirements.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
A West Virginia man, Richard Hudson, aged 72, has been sentenced to 139 months in prison for bank robbery by intimidation.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero has announced that Ronald Hoplamazian, a resident of Pennsylvania, will pay $3,277,486.35 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
On February 13, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 2 Headquarters in New York City.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
Tyler Hayes, a 42-year-old resident of Bennington, Vermont, has been convicted on charges related to the possession of a homemade bomb.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
A medical device company based in Mokena, Illinois, has agreed to pay a $1 million fine following a federal criminal investigation into allegations of selling misbranded products imported from abroad.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
In a recent development, the UK government has decided to rename the UK AI Safety Institute as the UK AI Security Institute, shifting its focus towards national security.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
Diego Guisao-Zapata, a 41-year-old Colombian citizen, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
Alberto Gonzalez Salgado, a 45-year-old resident of Sacramento, has been sentenced to 13 years and one month in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
An Albuquerque man, Kyle Majedi, already in custody and awaiting trial on federal charges, now faces additional allegations related to drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
A Lexington man, Adam Pursifull, 40, received a sentence of 124 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves handed down the sentence.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky announced that the United States Attorney’s Office collected $104.8 million in Fiscal Year 2024.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
Dylan Hansen Yazzie, a 28-year-old resident of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation of a child.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
An Anchorage man, Todd Robert Klink, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine in Alaska.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
A Nevada woman has admitted to conspiring to defraud the United States by submitting false claims for COVID-19-related employment tax credits.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
A 34-year-old McAllen resident, David Michael Saenz, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing firearms as a felon.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 14, 2025
On February 26, 2025, the last defendant in a case involving the Only My Brothers (OMB) street gang was sentenced to federal prison.