News from February 2026
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 4, 2026
Insect Shield LLC, a company based in North Carolina, and the estate of its late co-founder Richard Lane have agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle allegations related to false claims submitted under contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD).
By F. E. Simons | Feb 4, 2026
NFIB has filed an amicus brief in the case National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors v. Leah Feldon, et al., at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
Deeno Roberto Jackson, a 27-year-old Jamaican national, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
A man from Deering, Alaska, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for abusive sexual contact on an aircraft, according to an announcement from First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 4, 2026
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is calling on Vermont lawmakers to back reforms to state health insurance regulations included in House Bill 585.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 4, 2026
On January 28, 2026, United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón sentenced two individuals in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to prison terms for offenses related to child exploitation.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
Efrain Pacheco-Ovalles, a 30-year-old from Culiacan, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Angela M. Martinez on January 29, 2026.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 4, 2026
Tyrell West, a 30-year-old resident of Bowie, Maryland, has been indicted by a D.C. Superior Court grand jury on charges related to an alleged assault in November 2025.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
Christian Ismael Soto Retamosa, a 35-year-old registered nurse from Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, has been sentenced to life plus 84 months in federal prison after being convicted for the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and related violent and firearms offenses.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
Today, the NFIB Texas PAC announced its endorsement of 97 incumbent state legislators for re-election, including 11 members of the Senate and 86 from the House of Representatives.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 4, 2026
The United Auto Workers is restructuring its leadership following a federal monitor's report on retaliation schemes involving senior officials.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 3, 2026
A Farmington resident, Stevie Anthony Lovato, 39, has been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses following a traffic stop on January 26, 2026.
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 3, 2026
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Truth Revealed: Hidden Facts Regarding Nazis and Swiss Banks,” Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the committee’s Ranking Member, questioned witnesses about the ongoing investigation into Nazi-linked...
By F. E. Simons | Feb 3, 2026
A former corrections officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Jesup, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and money laundering in connection with a contraband trafficking scheme that operated within the prison during the...
By R. C. Jamison | Feb 3, 2026
Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called for careful scrutiny of the proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Brothers.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 3, 2026
A Savannah man has been convicted in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm and being an Armed Career Criminal.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 3, 2026
Antonio Hawley, 22, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of first-degree murder while armed and related charges in connection with a shooting on the sports fields of Watkins Elementary School in Southeast Washington.
By R. C. Jamison | Feb 3, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act with a vote of 217 to 214.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 3, 2026
In a recent op-ed published by RealClearHealth, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) outlined his plan to address rising health care costs through the budget reconciliation process.
