The move was part of a domino effect initiated by President Trump’s enactment of a 90-day federal hiring freeze.

The lawsuit, seeking to claw back cleanup costs under the Clean Water Act, accuses the Georgia-based rail company of putting profits over safety.

The charges were part of an intensifying effort by federal law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with European partners, to combat international cryptocurrency schemes and illegal...

U.S. prosecutors said the settlement followed “a multiyear scheme to manipulate benchmarks used to set prices for oil at two of our country’s busiest ports.”

The Biden administration pulled back the aid from states and counties with unspent funds and diverted it to four states pressing for more: California, New...