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The shooting death of a Minneapolis woman by ICE agents highlights the risks when the left tries to legislate through conflict with federal law enforcement. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal stupidity.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei excoriated protesters as 'saboteurs' and insisting the Islamic Republic would 'not back down,' even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing anti-government protests. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Khamenei is about to have serious Trump action.
With Mayor Zohran Mamdani in office for only one week, Gov. Kathy Hochul is rushing to appease him by embracing state-funded day care for children, a top priority of his “affordability” agenda. New York Post
VOA VIEW: The people in New York are going to pay heavily.
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Minneapolis Public Schools will be offering families the opportunity to attend class remotely as federal immigration authorities expand operations in the city. New York Post
VOA VIEW: They have gone mad.
Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, said because the accused killer is paralyzed from the waist down, the trial will be "a logistical nightmare" for her. New York Post
The unemployment rate fell in December, but job growth across 2025 was the lowest in five years. New York Times
China built a dominant strategic position in the region as the leading lender and trading partner. It is watching President Trump’s next moves closely. New York Times
The attack seemed intended to send a message to Europe as it strongly backs Kyiv in the peace talks. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Russia is creating a very serious problem.
Representative Nancy Mace pushed Wednesday for the House Oversight Committee to release immigration records related to Representative Ilhan Omar and a family member, arguing the documents could confirm allegations that the Somali-born lawmaker engaged in marriage fraud to obtain U.S. citizenship. OANN
VOA VIEW: It will be interested to know the truth.
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Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration will create a new Assistant Attorney General position aimed at cracking down on taxpayer-fraud schemes. OANN
Federal authorities this week won a guilty plea from an illegal immigrant who cast votes in Michigan, plus announced indictments against two men they accused of voting illegally in New Jersey. Washington Times
The Trump administration is earmarking nearly $14 million to help reinvigorate the nation's shipbuilding industry by supporting training programs to develop the next generation of workers, officials said this week. Washington Times
A judge disqualified a Trump administration federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling Thursday that he is not lawfully serving as an acting U.S. attorney. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Another liberal judge.
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President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday that he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices. Washington Times
The House failed to get the votes needed Thursday to override President Trump's first vetoes of his second term - two infrastructure bills for Colorado and Florida. Washington Times
The monthly job gains were slightly below the 55,000 forecast by economists. CBS
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Hundreds of demonstrators protested on Thursday outside a federal building in Minneapolis where ICE is headquartered. Once protesters reached the edge of the property, a line of federal agents began to build and within minutes, officers tried to push them back, spraying the ground and then the crowd with pepper balls. CBS
VOA VIEW: The protesters should be jailed.
Two people were wounded in a shooting involving Customs and Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, officials said. CBS
California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New York called the move an unconstitutional abuse of power. CBS
The White House says structural issues and decay had made it unfeasible to save the East Wing. CBS
Jared Isaacman, President Trump's nominee to lead NASA, tells lawmakers the space agency can return astronauts to the moon while pursuing flights to Mars. CBS
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President Donald Trump's comments on Fox News come less than a week after land strikes in Venezuela and the capture of its leader Nicolas Maduro. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Trump comments should not be taken for granted.
Iran's supreme leader accused protesters of acting on behalf of U.S. President Donald Trump by destroying public properties in their own country. CNBC
VOA VIEW: That maybe true.
The first Social Security and Supplemental Security Income checks for 2026 will include a 2.8% boost for about 75 million Americans. CNBC
VOA VIEW: That sounds good.
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While talks haven't been finalized, deals could involve offtake agreements, infrastructure support and credit lines. CNBC
A Louisiana woman allegedly attacked a sheriff’s deputy after skinny-dipping in a neighbor’s pond and claiming she was “trying to be a mermaid," authorities said. FOX News
A Chinese national allegedly photographed a U.S. Air Force stealth bomber base after illegally entering the country in 2023, now faces federal charges in Missouri. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Foolish gesture.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that the Trump administration "is using every single tool that we have to protect the American people." FOX News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized staging of the National Guard after a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, sparking heated debate over state and federal authority. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Walz will be wise not to cause confrontation.
Nurses are seeking to change a pending Trump administration policy excluding them from a list of professions eligible for expanded student loans. UPI
VOA VIEW: Time will tell.
Russia launched large-scale, deadly strikes across central and western Ukraine that saw the use for only the second time of a hypersonic missile. UPI
VOA VIEW: Russia is seeking a larger confrontation.
The U.S. House is set to vote on a plan to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits Thursday as insurance premiums rise for millions. UPI
Despite the U.S. withdrawing from 31 U.N. entities, it is obligated to continue providing assessed funding amounts, U.N. officials said on Thursday. UPI
VOA VIEW: The U.S. is not obligated.
Venezuela's government has begun to release Venezuelan and foreign political prisoners, less than a week after its former head, Nicolas Maduro, was seized in a U.S. military operation. UPI
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A social media account representing over 400 Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) workers recently accused Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz of being “100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota” — in relation to a scheme that took advantage of the “Feeding our Future” program —among other fraud across state agencies. Walz is an idiot.
During the Biden administration, Feeding Our Future sponsored sites participating in the federal Federal Child Nutrition Program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture — a program intended to provide meals to children, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program allowed for-profit restaurants and off-site food distribution to qualify for financial reimbursements. However, a slew of fraudsters exploited the program, and according to federal prosecutors, the total fraud exceeded a whopping $250 million.
Meanwhile, this past weekend, the Minnesota DHS employees X account accused Walz (D-Minn.) of actively working to quiet whistleblowers attempting to uncover systematic fraudulent activity in which state agencies were billed for millions of dollars in social services that were never delivered. The post also accuses Walz and admin officials of “systematically retaliating against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression,” and of working to discredit and suppress fraud reports.
At first, the fraud appeared to be isolated to Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future scandal, which claimed to be feeding children during the COVID-19 pandemic, only to create a network of fake meal sites and inflated invoices to Minnesota’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded school nutrition programs. The organized scheme resulted in the theft of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, making it the largest COVID-19 fraud case in the nation and leading to the conviction of at least 59 individuals.
Adding fuel to the fire, a June 2024 report from the Center of the American Experiment also estimated that more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds were lost to fraud across several Minnesota programs since 2019, including autism treatment centers, personal-care-attendant services, housing assistance, and the Feeding Our Future child-nutrition scandal. On November 24th, “District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced [Somali immigrant] Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 24, to 120 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in the $300 million Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. Nur was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514,” Minnesota’s DOJ announced.
