News from August 2025
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A Deming, Washington man was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison for receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the Calais international port of entry.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index increased by 1.7 points in July, reaching 100.3 and moving slightly above its 52-year average of 98.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Michael Anthony Cornwell, 30, has been sentenced to 106 months in prison and two years of supervised release for firearms offenses.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging recently held a field hearing in Florida to address the increasing risks of scams and financial fraud targeting older Americans.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A 29-year-old man from the Rio Grande Valley has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for distributing videos of sexual activity involving a minor.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A Salem man, previously convicted as a sex offender, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receiving child pornography. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon sentenced John Christopher Christensen, 49, to...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A Serbian student attending a university in Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after previously being removed.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
On August 12, 2025, Donald J. Trump used his Truth Social account to announce three federal judicial nominations: Robert Chamberlin for Mississippi's northern district and Edmund LaCour and Harold “Hal” Mooty for positions in northern Alabama.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Do Hyeong Kwon, co-founder and former CEO of Terraform Labs, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit commodities fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud, as well as one count of committing wire fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted several messages on his Truth Social account on August 12, 2025, sharing links via Twitter (X).
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
BWI North America Inc., BWI Indiana Inc., and BWI Chassis Dynamics (NA) Inc. have agreed to pay $21,660,983 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A Donna, Texas man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison after being convicted of receiving child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted on August 11, 2025, about rising crime in Washington, D.C., quoting DC Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton, and announced an extension of tariff suspensions on China through executive order.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A Guatemalan citizen, Edin Julian Hernandez Mejia, 22, has been arrested and charged with illegal re-entry into the United States.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
A man from Alta, Iowa, has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Krista Marie Menchaca, a 32-year-old resident of Cross Lanes, West Virginia, was sentenced to three years of federal probation and ordered to pay $21,963.96 in restitution for her role in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted several statements on Truth Social on August 12, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 12, 2025
Four St. Louis area residents, including a former U.S. Postal Service employee, have been sentenced for their involvement in a scheme that stole checks from the mail to commit bank fraud, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus.
