News from January 2026
By T. J. Graves | Jan 21, 2026
A 19-year-old man from Penitas, Texas, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for interfering with federal officers during an enforcement operation.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced recent prosecutions related to the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America, a national initiative aimed at addressing illegal immigration and combating transnational...
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 21, 2026
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved the Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk Actors (AI OVERWATCH) Act.
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 21, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) addressed the House Committee on Rules in Washington, D.C., to discuss two key funding bills for Fiscal Year 2026: H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and H.R. 7147, the...
By T. P. Broyles | Jan 21, 2026
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has voted in favor of advancing two resolutions that recommend holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 21, 2026
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has expressed its support for the prompt approval of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense appropriations bill.
By R. C. Jamison | Jan 21, 2026
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman has released updated legislative text for a bill that would expand the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) authority to regulate digital commodities.
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 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
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 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 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.
