News from August 2025
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in collaboration with U.S. and international law enforcement agencies, has dismantled infrastructure used by the BlackSuit ransomware group.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
An ICE Homeland Security Task Force in Orlando has arrested Guillermo Perez Alzate, a Colombian national and former paramilitary leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
A Long Island woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to a large-scale investment fraud and campaign finance scheme following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old citizen of China, died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Juan Carlos Padilla Santos, a 50-year-old Dominican national, has been sentenced to 100 months in prison following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
ICE arrested 42 individuals in Southeast Houston on August 5 as part of an operation focused on criminal aliens and serious immigration offenders.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
A Waterbury resident was sentenced to five years in federal prison for a drug-related firearm offense, according to an announcement from David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Five individuals have been charged in a federal investigation into alleged human trafficking, labor trafficking, and related crimes at several hotels in the Omaha area and central Nebraska.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump used his Truth Social platform on August 10, 2025 to criticize economist Paul Krugman’s market forecasts and highlight stock market gains since his own election in 2016.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
An Ellsworth resident was sentenced in federal court for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering operation that took place in Downeast Maine.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Lawrence Nathanial Harris, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with fraudulent CARES Act unemployment insurance claims.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Karen D. Wilder and Renwick L. Davis, both former employees of the Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing (DIMH), pleaded guilty on August 8, 2025, to charges of theft of public funds.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
A federal court in Miami has sentenced Dustin Sean McCabe, 50, to 100 months in prison following his conviction for seaman’s manslaughter, making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard, and fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 relief funds. U.S....
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Robert Lee Taylor, 44, of Huntington, has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for violating the terms of his supervised release.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order to continue the suspension of heightened tariffs on China.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Donald J. Trump posted several updates on August 11, 2025 regarding meetings with technology executives and senior officials as well as announcing Dr. E.J. Antoni’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
A Mechanicsville-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Daniel Jacobsen, has agreed to pay $449,014.93 to settle civil fraud claims after being convicted of criminal health care fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has expressed support for President Trump’s recent actions to address crime in Washington, D.C. The White House announced the activation of the D.C. National Guard and federalization of the...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump made several posts on his Truth Social account on August 11, 2025, including a statement that "Gold will not be Tariffed!"
By Federal Newswire | Aug 11, 2025
President Donald J. Trump has issued an executive order declaring a crime emergency in the District of Columbia, citing rising violent crime rates and their impact on federal operations in the nation’s capital.
