News from August 2025

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted several updates on his Truth Social account on August 1, 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Jacquese Traveon Underwood, a 40-year-old resident of Rock Hill, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving methamphetamine and fentanyl.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Brandon Martez Black, a 27-year-old resident of Pensacola, Florida, has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
The U.S. Senate has approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Act with a vote of 87-9.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted multiple statements on July 31 and August 1, 2025 discussing new information about "Russiagate," referencing Victor Davis Hanson's commentary and repeating his claim that the investigation was unfounded.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Island Tri Truong of Orlando has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering related to drug distribution proceeds, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A U.S. Navy sailor stationed in Augusta, Georgia, has been indicted on multiple federal charges related to child sex crimes following an alleged months-long manipulation of a minor through social media.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A Savannah man has been sentenced to nearly 50 years in federal prison after being convicted on multiple charges related to drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and attempting to influence a juror.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump used his Truth Social platform on August 1, 2025 to call for lower interest rates and criticize Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Alejandra Susana Castillo, a 34-year-old resident of Tracy, California, has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegal firearms trafficking.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A Niagara Falls resident has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for drug offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
During the week of July 26 to August 1, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona filed criminal charges against 134 individuals for immigration-related offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A Jamestown man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
The U.S. Senate has approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act with a vote of 81-15.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Andre Clark, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced in Superior Court to 19 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Leonard Taylor, Jr. in October 2024.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A Victorville man has been convicted on federal charges after posing as a teenage boy online and transporting a 15-year-old girl from San Luis Obispo County to Mexico for illicit sexual activity, according to the Justice Department.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) have introduced the Protecting Small Business Competitions Act of 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Tymarious Nydarious Thompson, a 24-year-old resident of Lancaster, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted on Truth Social on August 1, 2025 about Russian casualties in Ukraine and endorsed Joe Gruters for RNC chairman while praising Michael Whatley's new campaign efforts.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A California resident, Shanarion Lee, 32, from La Mesa, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for his involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that sent shipments of the drug from California to Alabama.