News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
Jeff Brabant, the Vice President of Federal Government Relations for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), recently participated in Bloomberg's Talking Tax Podcast.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The final defendant in a case involving the harboring of individuals arriving unlawfully in Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic has been sentenced.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Singapore Minister of Defense Ng Eng Hen engaged in an introductory call to discuss key initiatives within the bilateral defense partnership.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
A Providence man has entered a guilty plea in federal court concerning a fentanyl trafficking charge.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
Antonio Laringo Knox, a 53-year-old resident of Midwest City, has been sentenced to over 13 years in federal prison for manufacturing crack cocaine and illegal firearm possession.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
A Maryland man has been found guilty by a federal jury for his involvement in drug distribution activities.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
A man has been arrested and charged for allegedly threatening to carry out a shooting at an elementary school in Lubbock, Texas.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced a new grant program that will allocate $12 million to precision education in medical training.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
Catherine Seemer, a nurse practitioner from Elmsford, New York, has been sentenced to five years in prison for orchestrating an $11.2 million disability loan fraud scheme.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The Texas Senate has passed SB 2, a bill aimed at providing Texas parents with universal Education Savings Accounts.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC) has issued a report to the Secretary of the Treasury, providing insights into current economic conditions and their implications for Treasury borrowing strategies.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that Christopher Stout, a 48-year-old resident of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 4, 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
On January 28, a federal jury convicted Otis Furman Crabbe III, a resident of Jensen Beach, Florida, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
People across the United States are losing billions annually due to romance and relationship scams.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
Carl Harris, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), has expressed support following the Senate's confirmation of Scott Turner as the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut has returned approximately $328,573 to a victim of a computer support scam.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Buddy Allen Travis, a 42-year-old resident of Bradenton, to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for producing and receiving child sexual abuse material.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced plans to issue $125 billion in Treasury securities to refund approximately $106.2 billion of maturing Treasury notes and bonds.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jenny Espinal Tejada, a 34-year-old resident of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 5, 2025
A Sanostee man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison following a guilty plea to two counts of involuntary manslaughter.