News from January 2026
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 30, 2026
Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has responded to the Supreme Court of Panama’s decision to end a contract with CK Hutchison, a company backed by China, for the operation of two ports on the...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 30, 2026
Three people have been arrested and another charged in connection with an alleged fraud scheme that used stolen identities to obtain more than $440,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 30, 2026
Leonard Gutierrez, 65, of Whittier, California, was sentenced to 340 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to several drug and firearm offenses.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 30, 2026
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced his support for five bipartisan government funding bills.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 30, 2026
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman, led a legislative hearing to review Title II of the draft Native Children’s Commission...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 30, 2026
A Portland resident has admitted to damaging federal property after an incident at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
A man from suburban Chicago has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for conspiring with his sister to illegally purchase firearms.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
David Neil Haas, a 38-year-old resident of Clay County, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
A Charlotte businessman has been indicted on charges of tax fraud related to a charitable organization he founded, according to an announcement from Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
The Senate Agriculture Committee has voted to advance digital asset market structure legislation, a move that industry representatives say is an important step toward establishing clear regulations for the sector.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 29, 2026
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, the Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is set to host a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2026.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
A resident of Valliant, Oklahoma, Dale Warren Gribnitz, 67, has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
The United States government has obtained legal ownership of more than $400 million in cryptocurrencies, real estate, and other assets connected to the Helix cryptocurrency mixing service.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
A bipartisan bill aimed at addressing illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere has passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
Nhan Pham, a 55-year-old physician from Orlando, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for injecting silicone oil into patients for cosmetic procedures.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
A Nowata man has been sentenced to nearly 19 years in federal prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 29, 2026
Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, raising concerns about Nvidia products being used by DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company...
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
A Brazilian national living in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been charged with possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
Lucio Hernandez-Mora and Sandra Bejarano-Garcia, both Mexican nationals residing in the United States illegally, have been sentenced to federal prison for laundering more than one million dollars in drug proceeds.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 29, 2026
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced that their SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act has passed through a committee business meeting.
