News from January 2026
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on five Costa Rican nationals and five entities based in Costa Rica for their roles in narcotics trafficking and money laundering.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 26, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed new sanctions on vessels and companies involved in transporting Iranian oil, as part of efforts to increase economic pressure on Iran.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has joined more than 100 trade associations in urging the U.S. Treasury to remove all U.S. businesses from the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 26, 2026
Joshua Allen, a 34-year-old from Houston, Texas, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for enticing minors to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
James Phillip Scholten, a 51-year-old resident of Byron Center, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion.
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 26, 2026
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has led a group of lawmakers in releasing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlights ongoing problems with medical care...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 26, 2026
A Venezuelan man living unlawfully in Perrysburg, Ohio, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting to lying on immigration forms and firearms purchase applications.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 26, 2026
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, has named The Coffee Grounds of Monroe County as her Small Business of the Week.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 26, 2026
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the murder of Alex Pretti, a Department of Veterans Affairs Intensive Care Unit nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. “I...
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
The Senate Health Committee's recent hearing on mifepristone highlighted differing views between Democrats and Republicans regarding the drug's safety standards and associated risks.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
A report by Restoration News highlights significant abortion rates among Generation Alpha due to mifepristone usage.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 26, 2026
During a week-long enforcement operation from January 17 to January 23, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 150 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 26, 2026
A grand jury in Oregon has issued a superseding indictment against Marie Gertrude Jean Valmont, 67, and her daughter Yolandita Marie Andre, 31, both from Tigard.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
Medical Services of America, Inc. and Traditional Home Care, Inc., operating as Community Home Health Services, have agreed to pay $702,541.20 to resolve allegations that they violated the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark Law.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 26, 2026
Kevin Landry, 28, of Stillwater, New York, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2026, to receiving child pornography.
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 26, 2026
The House Committee on Education and Workforce, led by Chairman Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), is scheduled to hold a markup session on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. The committee will consider three bills focused on charter schools, educational access, and...
By T. J. Graves | Jan 26, 2026
Stacie Marie Narcho, a 47-year-old resident of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to child abuse resulting in death.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 26, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detailed three separate incidents on January 26, including arrests of individuals with criminal records in Colorado and Louisiana as well as officer assistance during extreme cold in Minnesota.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 26, 2026
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement following the announcement that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is scheduled to testify...
By F. E. Simons | Jan 26, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida have filed a civil denaturalization complaint in federal court against Luis Miguel Fernandez Gaviola, a native of Peru.
