News from January 2025

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Judge Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide a more detailed explanation for its rejection of Coinbase's request for clearer cryptocurrency regulations.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced the introduction of legislation to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego Sector have apprehended a man wanted by INTERPOL for sexual abuse of a minor.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
On January 6, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducted its fifth large-frame charter removal flight in less than seven months to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with OptumServe Health Services, Inc., a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage-release agreement, following months of diplomatic efforts by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg has announced that Martez Manning, a 26-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, has entered a guilty plea for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
A former hospital CEO in Texas has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
A Farmville man has been sentenced to over 13 years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
A Guatemalan resident has been sentenced in a federal court for illegal reentry into the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Minnesota state Senator Justin David Eichorn has been charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Gregory Butts, aged 54, has pleaded guilty to a child exploitation offense.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
President Joe Biden held a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend congratulations on reaching a ceasefire and hostage release agreement with Hamas.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. and secured a separate consent judgment against staffing agency Staff Management Solutions LLC, also known as SMX, to address child labor violations at Perdue's poultry...

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education has reached a resolution agreement with the University of Washington.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
The United States has expressed deep concern over the findings of the United Nations Group of Experts' December 2024 midterm report on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has announced the sentencing of a Sioux Falls man, Todd Alan Peltier, for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. U.S. Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange delivered the sentence on January 13,...

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
The Justice Department has released findings indicating that the conditions at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia, South Carolina, violate constitutional rights under the Eighth and 14th Amendments.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
Two men have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 15, 2025
A Louisville man has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in federal prison for shooting at Mayor Craig Greenberg during his 2022 mayoral campaign.