News published on Federal Newswire in September 2025

News from September 2025


Hearing reviews expanded school choice impacts and alternatives to four-year college degrees

A hearing held by the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs examined the effects of expanded school choice programs and alternatives to traditional four-year college degrees.


Poplar men plead guilty to sexual abuse charges on Fort Peck Reservation

A federal case in Great Falls has resulted in guilty pleas from two Poplar men accused of sexual abuse on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced that Chandler Duran Longtree, 19, and Payton Robert Richard Montclair,...


Dominican national sentenced for running fentanyl ring supplying Massachusetts and Northeast

A man from the Dominican Republic living in the Bronx, New York, was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a fentanyl distribution operation that supplied drugs to Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York.


Rhode Island business owner receives four-year sentence for laundering $35 million

A Rhode Island business owner has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in laundering more than $35 million from internet fraud schemes.


Comer calls tech CEOs to testify on forum user radicalization

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has invited the Chief Executive Officers of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify before the committee on October 8, 2025.


Comer backs D.C. policing bill aiming to ease pursuit restrictions

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has voiced support for H.R. 5143, known as the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act.


Carjacking suspect appears in court after deadly Minneapolis crime spree

Edward Tiki Arrington, 45, appeared in federal court following charges related to a carjacking spree that resulted in the deaths of two women and serious injury to a child.


United States closes information manipulation frameworks and emphasizes free speech

The United States has ended all frameworks and instruments designed to counter foreign state information manipulation, according to an announcement made on September 17, 2025.


Tohono O’odham man indicted on sex trafficking and related charges involving minor

A federal grand jury in Tucson has indicted Allman Rivas, 36, of Menagers Dam on the Tohono O’odham Nation, on four counts involving alleged criminal conduct with a minor.


Guatemalan national charged with assaulting federal officers during Woburn immigration arrest

A Guatemalan national, Manolo Morales Lopez, has been charged in federal court in Boston for allegedly resisting and assaulting federal officers during an immigration-related arrest.


Mace opens hearing on role of artificial intelligence across U.S. economic sectors

Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened a hearing titled “Shaping Tomorrow: The Future of Artificial Intelligence” in Washington.


Burlison addresses school choice expansion at congressional hearing

At a hearing on September 17, 2025, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) addressed the state of American education and the potential impact of expanding school choice.


ICE arrests criminal illegal immigrants convicted of sexual crimes against children

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested several individuals across the United States who are convicted of sexual crimes against children.


Senate committee reviews Army Corps' civil works program amid ongoing flood recovery

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led an oversight hearing focused on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program.


Senate panel hears opening remarks from Sen. Cantwell on key federal agency nominees

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing concerning three federal nominees.


FTC recommends regulatory revisions in response to executive order on competition

On Tuesday, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson submitted a report to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recommending the deletion or revision of regulations considered anticompetitive across federal agencies.


Brownstown man receives nearly 19 years in prison for child pornography offenses

Thomas Encil Blake, a 28-year-old resident of Brownstown, Michigan, has been sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for producing and receiving child pornography.


Oklahoma City man pleads guilty to federal hate crime charge

Braden Birdsong, 28, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge in U.S. District Court on September 17, 2025.


Cedar Rapids man receives 18-year sentence for shooting during failed drug deal

A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a shooting during a failed drug deal.


Havre man receives four-year prison sentence for illegal firearm possession

A Havre resident, Emil Martin Lundstrom, 59, was sentenced to four years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing firearms.