News from October 2025
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced new federal disaster assistance for Missouri following severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that occurred from March 30 to April 8, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $1.5 billion loan to Wabash Valley Resources, LLC, supporting the restart and repurposing of a coal gasification plant in West Terre Haute, Indiana.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
A member of the Jalisco New Generacion Cartel (CJNG) pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking and money laundering offenses in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 28, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
Chairman Rick Scott of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has drawn national attention for a new investigative report co-authored with Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
A man from Mounds, Oklahoma, has been sentenced for producing and possessing child pornography in Indian Country.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian national and former general manager at a U.S. defense contractor, pleaded guilty in federal court to selling his employer’s trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Jorge Armando Melendez-Gonzalez, a Salvadoran national with a history of multiple arrests in Virginia.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 29, 2025
A Morris, Alabama man has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Joel Wesley Dillard, 47, to 189 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given final approval for an aquifer exemption request from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ), enabling the expansion of copper mining in a section of the Burro Canyon aquifer...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has launched an inquiry into the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Ford Foundation regarding their compliance with tax laws for 501(c)(3) organizations.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) have criticized Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr for actions they...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
Hampton Farms has issued a recall for two of its products, Mixed Nuts Roasted Unsalted 8 oz. (lot 23025, UPC 8 10111 02237 8) and Mixed Nuts Roasted and Salted 8 oz. (lot 23825, UPC 8 10111 02236 1), due to the presence of undeclared hazelnuts in...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the only grain farmer in the Senate, led a hearing to discuss how market consolidation is affecting production costs for family farmers.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) have announced the formation of the Senate Stewardship Caucus.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
According to authorities, Chinese espionage in the West is rooted in virtually every aspect of its relations with Western nations.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has expanded an ongoing investigation into cybersecurity incidents that threaten both public and private sectors in the United States.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
Pacific International Marketing has announced a recall of 474 cases of bulk Italian parsley due to potential contamination with Salmonella.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) have introduced a Senate resolution to designate October 2025 as National Military Toxic Exposures Awareness Month.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, NVIDIA, and Oracle, has announced a new partnership to build the DOE’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer.
By Federal Newswire | Oct 28, 2025
Buddy Hughes, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), has expressed support for Joe Gormley as president of Ginnie Mae.
