A fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis has triggered a legal and political clash over federal officer immunity and investigative authority, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) demanding state involvement and the Trump administration insisting the matter remains exclusively federal. Walz said Thursday that Minnesota “must be part of this investigation” into […]
The first round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 14. The second round of payments will be sent out on Jan. 21 to recipients […]
President Donald Trump announced he has canceled further military strikes planned on Venezuela on Friday morning. Trump announced the decision in a social media post on his Truth Social account. The “second wave of attacks” was not publicly known, and it is currently unknown when they were supposed to have occurred. Trump said he gave […]
As Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) launches his reelection bid, the Pennsylvania governor’s race is coming into focus, with Republicans sidestepping another Doug Mastriano nomination but still confronting a difficult path to defeating the incumbent. Shapiro commenced his 2026 campaign Thursday, opening what may be his last statewide race as national Democrats increasingly view the Pennsylvania […]
A massive influx of applicants filed to take advantage of Minnesota’s new paid leave law before benefits even went into effect, as fraud watchdogs warn that the taxpayer-funded assistance program, which is open to “undocumented workers,” will be widely abused. Approximately 18,000 applications have poured in since the Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave Program […]
President Donald Trump is moving more firmly into the camp of Washington’s defense hawks with a muscular foreign policy that cuts against the calls from his own base to retreat from the world stage. Trump has repeatedly worried congressional Republicans with his on-and-off commitment to Ukraine’s war against Russia and entered office taking a decidedly […]
While you were sleeping off your residual New Year’s hangovers the first wee Saturday hours of 2026, President Donald Trump started his military decapitation of Venezuela’s communist dictatorship. And while you were still sleeping, the president ended it, seizing and arresting accused criminal drug trafficker Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia in fewer than 2 […]
The Trump administration determined the best way to achieve its goals in Venezuela following the arrest of former dictator Nicolas Maduro was by backing his vice president, instead of the leaders of his opposition. U.S. forces carried out the dangerous operation last weekend to arrest Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, but opted not to […]
Micah Lasher attends Rodeph Shalom synagogue and says he understands threats to Jewish people. Jami Floyd says she learned to listen from her father-in-law, a Holocaust survivor. The mother of Alex Bores will tell you how happy she is that her son married a “nice Jewish girl.” Mathew Shurka volunteered to clean up in Israeli […]
Sherrod Brown isn’t the only former senator with the name abbreviation “S. Brown” seeking a comeback in the 2026 midterm elections. The Ohio Democrat is joined by, among others, former Sen. Scott Brown of New Hampshire, who was, briefly, an Obama-agenda-thwarting Republican hero a dozen years ago. The Browns, along with former Sen. John E. […]
