News from August 2025
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.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Jericho Rayne Skipper, a 30-year-old resident of Panama City, Florida, has been sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of supervised release after pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), along with a bipartisan group of senators, has reintroduced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio Modernization Act.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio will participate in National Night Out events in Cleveland and other cities throughout the region.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted Jason Beau Dark, 42, of New Orleans, on charges related to impersonating a federal officer and possessing counterfeit government credentials.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A Bronx man, Estherlyn Frias, also known as “Platinum” and “Silver,” has been charged with federal narcotics offenses that allegedly resulted in the death of a person in Greenwich, Connecticut.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Justin Wu, a 23-year-old resident of Waikiki, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl-laced pills and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would direct the Department of Defense to establish a formal partnership with Taiwan.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
The last two members of a six-person drug trafficking group have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and heroin in Alaska.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A man from Coleman, Texas, has been sentenced to 720 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Calvin Craig Griffin, a 22-year-old resident of Montgomery, Alabama, has been sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas charged 247 defendants with immigration and border security-related offenses during the final week of July, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
Dimas Gonzalo Contreras-Nolasco, a 54-year-old Mexican citizen, has pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after being previously deported.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss findings from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing into the...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
President Donald J. Trump has announced new tariffs that are expected to affect the cost of food and beverages in the United States.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
During an interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, called for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take a more active role in...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 1, 2025
A federal jury in Tampa has convicted Lorenzo Valerio-Popoca, a 31-year-old Mexican national, on two counts of conspiring to traffic methamphetamine.
