News from March 2026
By H. B. Edwards | Mar 3, 2026
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) have introduced the bipartisan NSF AI Education Act of 2026, aiming to expand educational and professional development opportunities in artificial intelligence with support from the...
By F. E. Simons | Mar 3, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Hidalgo Port of Entry, along with Special Response Team operators, apprehended five individuals found to be unlawfully present in the United States over a 24-hour period.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 3, 2026
Eduardo Javier Ordonez-Godoy, a 36-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States and for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 3, 2026
David Pena, a 49-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison for the fatal shooting of Maurice Robinson on June 12, 2023.
By T. P. Broyles | Mar 3, 2026
Senate Republicans have blocked two attempts by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, to advance the Major Richard Star Act.
By R. C. Jamison | Mar 3, 2026
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer has announced that Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick will voluntarily participate in a transcribed interview.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 3, 2026
A Mobile resident, Russell Lee Stanley, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, a violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By T. J. Graves | Mar 3, 2026
CMS has extended the application deadline for its GENEROUS Model pilot program aimed at lowering Medicaid drug costs.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 2, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a funding opportunity totaling $171.5 million aimed at advancing geothermal energy in the United States.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 2, 2026
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has issued an emergency order to address ongoing grid reliability concerns in the Mid-Atlantic region.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 2, 2026
Federal authorities have filed a civil forfeiture action seeking recovery of over $3 million in cryptocurrency tied to an alleged online investment fraud scheme targeting multiple states. The U.S. Attorney's Office says this move aims to return stolen funds back to victims.
By T. P. Broyles | Mar 2, 2026
U.S. Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has issued a statement following the announcement of new U.S. sanctions on Rwanda.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 2, 2026
Thomas Galiano III and Hailee Anne Helton, both 26 and from Colorado Springs, have been sentenced for their roles in distributing fentanyl that resulted in two deaths.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 2, 2026
Julan Byrd, 18, from Temple Hills, Maryland, was sentenced in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia following his involvement in an armed carjacking that took place in September 2024.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 2, 2026
Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine remains under relentless assault. Pavlo Unguryan of the Ukraine Rebuilding Alliance argues that the war represents a struggle between Western Christian civilization and what he calls a revanchist, authoritarian regime determined to rebuild the Russian empire.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 2, 2026
Dan Sohail has been charged in federal court with intentionally damaging the Brooklyn headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a prominent Jewish religious institution located in Crown Heights.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 2, 2026
A Waterloo, Iowa resident originally from Bosnia was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.
By C. M. Ingle | Mar 2, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted updates on arrests in Miami and Texas on February 26, 2026, while also calling for congressional action on Dalilah’s Law.
By H. B. Edwards | Mar 2, 2026
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, the Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced his opposition to Steve Pearce's nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By T. J. Graves | Mar 2, 2026
Dr. Roya Jafari-Hassad was sentenced to seven years in prison on March 2, 2026, for illegally prescribing oxycodone and committing health care fraud.
