News from October 2025
By Federal Newswire | Oct 14, 2025
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that members of the U.S. Coast Guard will receive their paychecks despite an ongoing government shutdown.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 14, 2025
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index dropped by 2.0 points in September, settling at 98.8, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
By Federal Newswire | Oct 14, 2025
Criminal organizations in Mexico are reportedly offering financial rewards for attacks on U.S. federal law enforcement officers, according to intelligence obtained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
By Federal Newswire | Oct 14, 2025
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has raised concerns about cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting Cisco, a major provider of network infrastructure.
By Rita M. Peters | Oct 14, 2025
Last month The Hill published an article in which Fred Wertheimer, president of left-leaning Democracy 21, urged state legislators to reject efforts to hold the nation’s first-ever Article V convention for proposing constitutional amendments.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 14, 2025
The Cryptocurrency Anti-Fraud Education Association (CAFE) has been launched as a nonprofit organization focusing on consumer protection.
By T. J. Graves | Oct 13, 2025
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced that Congress, under the leadership of Representative Sam Graves and the House Transportation Committee, is in the process of drafting the next federal surface transportation...
By C. M. Ingle | Oct 13, 2025
Sam Graves, Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has emphasized that federal transportation investments should prioritize efficiency and safety over partisan mandates.
By C. M. Ingle | Oct 13, 2025
The Centralina Regional Council has announced that Congress and the Trump administration have initiated work on a new federal surface transportation reauthorization bill.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
José Daniel Ferrer, a leader in Cuba’s pro-democracy movement, has arrived in the United States after enduring years of imprisonment and mistreatment by Cuban authorities.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
The United States has condemned an incident involving Chinese vessels and a Philippine government ship near Thitu Island in the South China Sea.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions targeting individuals and companies accused of helping the Iranian government evade U.S. sanctions, smuggle weapons, and engage in corruption...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
The United States has announced new sanctions against a network of eight individuals and entities accused of supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the IRGC Quds Force, and two Iraq-based militia groups, Kata’ib Hizballah (KH)...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent addressed the Fed Community Bank Conference amid an ongoing government shutdown.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on more than 50 individuals, entities, and vessels involved in the export of Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued its enforcement actions against individuals convicted of serious crimes, including sexual offenses and domestic abuse, despite the ongoing government shutdown.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
Federal law enforcement officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have experienced a significant rise in assaults and threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
By Federal Newswire | Oct 13, 2025
A man from El Salvador who entered the United States illegally was sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of killing University of South Carolina student Nate Baker in a hit-and-run incident.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 12, 2025
The United States has condemned the recent detention of leaders from the unregistered Zion House Church in China, including pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 12, 2025
Representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, the United States, Qatar, Togo, and the African Union Commission met in Washington, D.C., on October 1 for the third meeting of the Joint Oversight Committee overseeing...
