News from December 2025
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A federal jury in New Orleans has convicted Aaron Terod Johnson, a 37-year-old schoolteacher from the city, on charges of sex trafficking of a minor and coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in prostitution.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Saikeen Dixon, a 33-year-old Philadelphia resident, has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for his involvement in the armed carjacking of a FedEx truck in August 2022.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Congressman Pat Fallon (R-TX) has raised concerns about the current posture of the United States intelligence community, arguing that existing tools and policies have failed to deter foreign threats.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrest of Gerson Emir Cuadra Soto, an alleged member of the MS-13 gang known as “Fantasma,” in Grand Island, Nebraska on December 8, 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Amit Ahuja, a 41-year-old resident of Westminster, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a technical support scam.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A Laplace, Louisiana woman has been charged with making false statements to obtain pandemic relief funds under the CARES Act, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A Mexican national living illegally in Billings has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for possessing a firearm, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its annual National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A Bronx man, Anthony Wallace, has been convicted by a federal jury of multiple charges including kidnapping a minor, coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sex acts, transportation of a minor across state lines for illegal sexual...
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
This week, Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party addressed the Uyghur Genocide Resistance event.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino posted updates on December 10-11, 2025 about U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s work intercepting illegal shipments—including drugs—and stopping tariff evasion schemes via transshipment tactics
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A Mexican national living in White Settlement, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
United States Attorney Dan Bishop announced that Christian Wolfe Daniels of Salisbury was arrested by the FBI on charges related to threats made against former President Donald Trump and others.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A Chicago man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and shooting another individual in the Noble Square neighborhood.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Anthony Tepedino, the founder and CEO of a New Jersey-based telecommunications construction company, has been charged with commercial bribery, fraud, and witness tampering offenses.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
On December 11, 2025, the President signed five joint resolutions into law that nullify specific Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rules.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
A man from Summerville, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison after being convicted of multiple charges including sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion; sex trafficking of a minor; production of child sexual abuse...
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) have introduced the Competition and Openness in Markets to Promote Efficiency, Transparency, and Enhanced Affordability (COMPETE) Act.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), who lead the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, have filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2025
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth held a call with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi on December 11, 2025.
