News from November 2025
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule to update the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS)...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A Clarkston, Washington man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of California, Governor Gavin Newsom, and Attorney General Robert Bonta, challenging two recently enacted state laws known as the “No Secret Police Act” and “No Vigilantes Act.” The...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Seek Capital and its CEO, Roy Ferman, have been permanently banned from providing business financing, debt relief, and credit repair services following a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have sent a request for information to Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Robert Manfred...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Dr. Naveed Aslam, a 52-year-old oncologist from West Bloomfield, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to illegally sell and divert prescription cancer drugs valued at millions of dollars.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Two transportation companies, 3rd Avenue Transit, Inc. and Y&M Transit Corporation, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle allegations that they improperly obtained Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the U.S. Small Business...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Two brothers from Maryland, Patrick Boyd and Charles Boyd, who owned the pharmaceutical wholesale company Safe Chain Solutions, were convicted by a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale for their roles in distributing over $92 million worth of...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A Brazilian national living in Marlborough without legal status pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to dealing firearms without a license.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Jose Luis Cruz-Agustin, a 37-year-old resident of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported multiple times.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, along with Congressman August Pfluger, have called on the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to prioritize reimbursing Texas for over $11 billion spent on border security measures.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
On Veterans Day, leaders of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs highlighted their ongoing commitment to supporting U.S. veterans.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Mubasher Riaz, a resident of Ypsilanti, Michigan, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A Hammond resident, Darrell Harland, age 43, has been charged with making false statements and theft of government funds in connection with the CARES Act, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting hate crimes and sending instructions for making...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
Senator Joni Ernst has introduced a bill to halt the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) program following reports of widespread fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A federal jury in Fort Myers has convicted Myles Andrew Strickland, 36, of Bartow, on charges including assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A Johnstown, Pennsylvania resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to theft from a program receiving federal funds.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A man from St. Peters, Missouri, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint and attempting to force her into an abortion.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 17, 2025
A Miami man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island for allegedly trafficking 37 kilograms of cocaine, according to Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
