News from January 2025

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Darren Patterson, a 31-year-old previously convicted felon from Washington D.C., has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A Braintree resident has admitted guilt in a federal court in Boston to charges related to fentanyl distribution.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
The recent decision to grant an emergency humanitarian waiver has been approved as part of President Trump's Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Today, President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted an Orange County man on charges related to the distribution of fentanyl, which allegedly led to two fatal overdoses in the spring of 2023.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A Chaska resident has admitted guilt in connection with a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and another from Florida, Puerto Rico, have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a cocaine trafficking operation.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A resident of Byron, Georgia, Clarence L. Brown II, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell issued the sentence on March 5...

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Microsoft Corp. has reported its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2024.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A man from Saint Paul and a woman from Mounds View have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in an armed carjacking incident in Minneapolis.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Dre’Shaun Burns, 31, from Omaha, Nebraska, received a sentence on January 30, 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Bruce Jin, a resident of Los Angeles, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering involving approximately $59 million.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently engaged in an introductory call with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A man from Poplar Bluff has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for recording his rape of a minor with an intellectual disability. U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk delivered the sentence on Friday.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued a memorandum emphasizing the Department of Defense's commitment to providing top-tier leadership for American service members.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
Jaron Johnson, a 23-year-old resident of Washington D.C., received a 60-month federal prison sentence for selling fentanyl that resulted in the death of a U.S. Army private.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 29, 2025
A man from Helena has admitted to charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 28, 2025
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, expressed confidence in the newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, highlighting his potential to provide strong leadership and support policies that promote U.S. technological and cryptocurrency...

By Federal Newswire reports | Jan 28, 2025
A former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said today that it's hard to give "much credibility" to comments by the rail industry that the industry is on schedule to comply an FCC-approved, $110 million initiative to modernize North America's rail communications systems by April 2026.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 28, 2025
Dr. Paul Kupiec, a former official at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), expressed his belief that assertions from cryptocurrency companies about federal government pressure leading to a pattern of "de-banking" are credible.