News from January 2026
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 29, 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, has issued a statement following his vote against a government funding package that...
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 29, 2026
Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, pressed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins for detailed data on VA staffing and spending during a committee oversight hearing in...
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
ICE officers arrested 206 individuals during a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Maine between January 20 and January 24, according to a statement released by the agency.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
Today marks the birthday of President William McKinley, who served as the 25th President of the United States.
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 29, 2026
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has advanced the CLARITY Act, a bill focused on digital asset market structure.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
Four residents of Oahu have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a tax refund fraud scheme, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Ken Sorenson.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
A Florida laboratory owner has admitted to participating in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of over $52 million by submitting false claims for unnecessary genetic testing.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
Monica Cannon-Grant, the founder and former CEO of Violence in Boston (VIB), was sentenced in federal court for multiple fraud-related offenses. U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley sentenced Cannon-Grant, 44, of Taunton, to four years’...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
Manfred A. Pentzke Lemus was sentenced on January 28, 2026, to more than eight years in federal prison for leading a multi-million dollar scheme to obtain COVID-19 relief funds through fraud.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
Two Mexican nationals, Victor Alfonso Cabada-Landeros, 33, and Ezequiel Lopez-Fuentes, 42, appeared in court in Las Vegas on charges of illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
The White House has announced the launch of the Great American Recovery Initiative, a coordinated federal effort to address addiction and substance use disorder across the United States.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 29, 2026
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto have introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize January as National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
Samuel Elie, a 49-year-old resident of Stamford, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for distributing narcotics.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
A Shiprock resident has been charged in federal court following a shooting incident that targeted an occupied home.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 29, 2026
Doron Guider, a 27-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
A Poplar resident, Lawrence George Fast Horse, has been sentenced to 23 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assaulting a woman on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
A Sharon, Pennsylvania resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking and firearms.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Great American Recovery Initiative.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 29, 2026
Two Georgia residents have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a romance scam that defrauded more than 30 women across the United States, according to an announcement from United States Attorney David I. Courcelle.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 29, 2026
Andrew Edick, a 39-year-old Level 2 registered sex offender from Mohawk, New York, has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
