News from January 2026
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
Maurice Felder, a 54-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for stabbing a tourist in November 2024.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article III Project, during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal...
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins have released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, in what they describe as a...
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
A 35-year-old man from Laredo, Texas, has received a prison sentence for his involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle more than 1,900 undocumented individuals for profit.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
President Donald J. Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 7, 2026
A White Mountain Apache Tribal Police officer, Karl Eugene Leslie, was arrested in Canyon Day on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation following a federal indictment.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
In 2025, the U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, carried out 22 outreach operations targeting Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) fraud and ATM skimming across various cities in the United...
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
The White House has issued a memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from a wide range of international organizations, conventions, and treaties.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
An associate of the Boston-based H Block gang has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in federal court.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 7, 2026
A man from Hunterdon County, New Jersey, has been indicted on charges related to the possession of videos and images depicting child sexual abuse.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
President Trump has ordered HieFo Corporation, a Delaware-based company considered a foreign person under U.S. law, to divest its interests in certain assets of EMCORE Corporation, based in New Jersey.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
The House Committee on Small Business held a hearing to discuss the role of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy in representing small businesses and its involvement in deregulation efforts under the Trump Administration.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving more than $3.7 million, according to an announcement from First Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson has responded to the release of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
Kahlil G. Felder, 41, from Washington, D.C., was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for leading a fentanyl distribution network in the Washington Highlands area of Southeast D.C. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge...
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans from Texas, have issued statements supporting President Trump's announcement of two judicial nominations for the Western District of Texas.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
A Mission, Texas woman has been sentenced to 25 months in federal prison for diverting $1.2 million from her employer, McCreery Aviation, to pay personal expenses.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released a statement following the publication of new dietary guidelines by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 7, 2026
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, led a hearing titled “Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable” in Washington, D.C. The session...
By Federal Newswire | Jan 7, 2026
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has released a staff report examining an alcohol intake and health study conducted by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) under the Biden...
