News published on Federal Newswire in November 2025

News from November 2025


Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) has renewed his call for the Trump administration to create a fair process for refunding tariffs, with a focus on supporting small businesses.


During a lapse in federal funding, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma continued its work to address financial crimes, resulting in several sentencings for fraud and related offenses.


U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, has requested answers from BP North America following a leak in the Olympic Pipeline that has halted jet fuel deliveries to...


The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has directed Bill and Hillary Clinton to appear for in-person depositions as part of its ongoing investigation into the federal government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine...


Fourteen people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Oklahoma on charges related to drug conspiracy.


The U.S. Senate has approved the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, a bill aimed at restoring access to whole and reduced-fat milk in school cafeterias while also expanding options for nutritious nondairy beverages.


A federal district court in Nevada has sentenced Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez, a Las Vegas executive, to 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay $550,000 in criminal fines.


A federal grand jury has indicted Miguel Gonzalez Duarte, a 37-year-old Dominican national living unlawfully in Worcester, on multiple charges related to the distribution of fentanyl.


House Appropriations members call for action against violence toward Nigerian Christians

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, addressed the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa regarding violence against Christians in Nigeria.


A federal jury has convicted R.C. Crutcher, a resident of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Owyhee, Nevada, of witness tampering.


A Philadelphia man, Norman Copper, 34, has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.


A federal court in Nevada has sentenced Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of Las Vegas to 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay $550,000 in criminal fines.


On September 30, 2025, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 23-count superseding indictment against five individuals from Dilkon, Arizona.


A federal jury has found Markita Barnes, the owner and operator of the now-closed Here for You prenatal care coordination company, guilty on twenty federal charges.


House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has requested a staff-level briefing from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding reforms aimed at protecting American innovation.


A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida has indicted Marek Rex Vernon Harrison, a 61-year-old U.K. citizen residing in Plant City, Florida, for his alleged involvement in a telehealth fraud scheme targeting Medicare.


G7 foreign ministers address global conflicts and economic resilience at Niagara meeting

The foreign ministers of the G7 countries—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—along with the High Representative of the European Union met in Niagara under Canada’s presidency on November 11-12, 2025.


U.S. freezes planned increase in flight cuts amid improved controller staffing

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford have issued an emergency order to maintain flight reductions at six percent, responding to improved air traffic controller staffing...


Chairman Graves comments on House action ending government shutdown

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) issued a statement following the House’s approval of legislation to end the federal government shutdown.


ICE announces arrests of individuals convicted of serious crimes across multiple states

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reported the recent arrest of several individuals described as "worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens" across various states.