News from January 2026
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina as part of the Department of Education’s national History Rocks!
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Education has announced a temporary delay in involuntary collections on federal student loans, including Administrative Wage Garnishment and the Treasury Offset Program.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
A 45-year-old U.S. citizen, Jimmy Vasquez Gonzalez, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for smuggling more than 10 kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 22, 2026
A bipartisan delegation from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), traveled to Central America to meet with national leaders and discuss concerns about China’s expanding presence in the...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 22, 2026
A Cleveland man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking operation that distributed fentanyl and cocaine from his grandmother’s basement.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
A Bergen County woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $544,000 from a senior and disabled housing facility in Maywood, New Jersey.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 22, 2026
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and senior committee member John Hoeven (R-ND) have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke...
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 22, 2026
Congressman Gary Palmer, who leads the Subcommittee on Environment, opened a hearing in Washington, D.C., to discuss proposed updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
An Edwardsville resident, Jason Dawson, 38, has been indicted on a federal arson charge in connection with a fire at an insurance office building located on East Delmar Avenue in Alton.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
An individual living illegally in the United States has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for firearms trafficking, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
Naabanyin Aniagyei-Cobbold received a nine-year prison sentence for running a romance scam targeting victims nationwide—including central Iowa—and laundering over $1.5 million through fake companies. Authorities urge anyone affected by similar scams or suspicious online relationships to report incidents promptly.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
An unhoused woman, Samantha Lee, 41, has been charged with arson in connection to a fire at a commercial storage warehouse in Albuquerque.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
A Kyrgyz national, Sergei Zharnovnikov, was sentenced to 39 months in prison by a federal court in Brooklyn for conspiring to export American-made firearms and ammunition to Russia.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
A Nebraska man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Louisville on charges related to methamphetamine distribution.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 22, 2026
The Blockchain Association has responded to the Senate Agriculture Committee’s release of draft legislation concerning digital asset market structure.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 22, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) spoke on the House Floor in support of two key funding bills: H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and H.R. 7147, the Department of Homeland Security...
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
Jason Cisneros, a 34-year-old Denver resident, has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to firearm-related charges connected to a series of violent crimes in March 2025.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
Antonio DaShawn Daniels, also known as “Freckleface Shawn” and “Pecas,” has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, as well as possessing 40 firearms at his Atlanta stash house.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 22, 2026
An individual from Mexico has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses in the Eastern District of Texas, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 22, 2026
Lizbet Sanchez-Alvear, a 29-year-old resident of Dade City, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for her role in distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
