News from November 2025
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has brought attention to an opinion piece written by Joe Abraham, whose daughter Katie Abraham was killed in a car accident caused by Julio Cucul-Bol, described as an undocumented immigrant, in Illinois.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Federal law enforcement agencies in Indiana have emphasized their continued operations during the recent 43-day government shutdown.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A Martinsburg resident has pleaded guilty to participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted Arsham Rashidi Dizajgan, 27, of Gainesville, Florida, on six counts related to transmitting threats across state lines.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A Michigan man has admitted to participating in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
On November 17, the Justice Department announced that Marieva Briceno, a native of Venezuela, has been stripped of her U.S. citizenship after being found guilty of defrauding Medicare and concealing her crimes during the naturalization process.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Ricardo Rush, a 29-year-old resident of the District of Columbia and previously convicted felon, has been sentenced to five years in prison following an incident on a Metrobus in March 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Former Antioch police officer Devon Christopher Wenger has been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison for conspiring to violate civil rights, distributing anabolic steroids, and obstructing justice.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Malik Kearney, a 20-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in two separate carjackings that took place within one week in Northeast Washington.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A Chicago man has been charged with a federal terrorism offense after allegedly setting a passenger on fire aboard a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train earlier this week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A Lewiston resident, Kulmiye Abukar Idris, 35, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Three Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United States and have been sentenced to time served, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo for the Western District of New York.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led a hearing in Washington, D.C., focused on policy issues related to the cleanup and disposal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms, according to an announcement from First Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Zhi Dong Zhang, also known by several aliases including “Brother Wang,” was arraigned in the Eastern District of New York on charges related to international drug trafficking and money laundering.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A Charlotte man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for robbing a Family Dollar store at gunpoint, according to an announcement from Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Jon Waugh, a 55-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it near a protected location.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
A former corrections officer from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud related to COVID-19 relief programs.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Assistant Secretary of War for International Security Affairs Daniel Zimmerman recently traveled to Romania to discuss defense cooperation and NATO commitments.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 19, 2025
Christopher Ziogas, a former State Representative from Bristol, Connecticut, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to interfering with a state audit of a Medicaid provider and committing bank fraud.
