News from January 2026
By F. E. Simons | Jan 21, 2026
Jennifer Rodriguez, a 37-year-old resident of Puerto Rico, has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for interfering with flight attendants by assault and intimidation.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 21, 2026
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) opened an oversight hearing focused on the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Transportation Security Administration...
By Federal Newswire | Jan 21, 2026
Britain faces a pivotal moment in its relationship with China over its plan to build Europe’s largest embassy in central London.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 21, 2026
Cynthia Delores Holland, a 62-year-old resident of Aiken, South Carolina, has been sentenced to one year and one month in federal prison for theft of government funds from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By Federal Newswire | Jan 21, 2026
The American health care system seems to be maligned by everyone because of always-rising costs, limited access, and persistent workforce shortages.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 21, 2026
Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Ahmed Alaahri was sentenced to 11 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing a 17-year-old victim, identified as John Doe.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 20, 2026
Keri Stockland has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the National Restaurant Association.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 20, 2026
A Meridian, Mississippi man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for manufacturing and trafficking drugs.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 20, 2026
Kwahpreme Mitchell, 34, from Watervliet, New York, has been sentenced to 106 months in federal prison for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and as a convicted felon.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 20, 2026
A Missouri man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to receiving child pornography.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 20, 2026
A federal jury in West Palm Beach has convicted Jasen Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, on 34 felony counts including wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery.
By C.D. Marsden | Jan 20, 2026
Ross Eisenberg, president, America’s Plastic Makers, at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), said recent reporting highlights the need for scientific rigor and careful interpretation in research related to microplastics.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 20, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed five bipartisan bills focused on supporting small businesses, according to a statement from the House Small Business Committee.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 20, 2026
A Canadian man, Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, has been indicted for wire fraud following allegations that he posed as a commercial airline pilot to secure free flights.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 20, 2026
Four companies and three of their owners have agreed to pay $2.65 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J....
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 20, 2026
The United Kingdom has approved a plan by China to build its largest embassy in Europe at the Royal Mint Court in London’s financial district.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 20, 2026
Pete Supan, a 36-year-old resident of Bradenton, Florida, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for coercion and enticement of a minor as well as production of child sex abuse material.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 20, 2026
Federal authorities have unsealed a superseding indictment charging three Maryland cousins with participating in a tax fraud scheme and, for two of them, a COVID-19 unemployment insurance fraud.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 20, 2026
Throughout this session of Congress, Senator Joni Ernst, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is recognizing a small business in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. “For more than five decades, Z’s Pizza has been serving...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 20, 2026
A federal jury in Tampa has convicted Sean Anthony Christie, a 43-year-old resident of Sarasota, on charges related to child sexual abuse material.
