House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) engaged in a heated back-and-forth during the first hearing on the Minnesota fraud scandal on Wednesday after Lee accused Republicans of “cherry picking” the state’s massive fraud scandal over other instances of fraud in the nation. Lee, while questioning former special counsel Brendan Ballou, […]
The U.K. military provided “enabling support” to the United States in its seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker registered in Russia, British officials said on Wednesday. The Marinera tanker, originally known as the Bella 1, was intercepted in the joint U.S.-U.K. operation after a two-week pursuit. The British Armed Forces provided “pre-planned operational support” to […]
As Venezuela‘s former dictator Nicolás Maduro left his country, captured by U.S. military forces, Maduro’s cabinet and regime officials made it out of the operation largely unscathed, still holding onto their positions of power. President Donald Trump has opted to work with Maduro’s former vice president Delcy Rodríguez, whom the Venezuelan Supreme Court tapped to […]
President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 24 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Wednesday that they are still considering alternative dates and working with the White House on final plans, but the end of February is most likely. The State of the Union is the address a […]
Top Los Angeles officials edited a public report on the city’s response to deadly fires that burned through Pacific Palisades to paint their handling of the crisis in a more favorable light. Multiple drafts of the report assessing the city’s handling of the fires were “edited to soften language and reduce explicit criticism of department […]
The Justice Department is dispatching additional federal prosecutors to Minnesota as it ramps up an expansive investigation into alleged fraud tied to nonprofit, child care, and Medicaid programs in the state, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday. “The Department of Justice is dispatching a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to reinforce our U.S. Attorney’s Office […]
President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai Trump, predicted that everyone would be “happier” if the Republican and Democratic parties “met in the middle.” She shared her analysis on the Impaulsive podcast on Tuesday night. Impaulsive, hosted by YouTubers Logan Paul and Mike Majlak, is the same podcast that hosted the president during his 2024 presidential campaign. […]
Washington Examiner congressional reporter Lauren Green said Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) needs to address the “missteps” that allowed the Medicaid fraud to grow in his state, as his political future is unknown. The House Oversight Committee is conducting a hearing on Minnesota’s fraud scandal on Wednesday morning, two days after Walz announced that he will […]
A federal grand jury indicted Brian Cole Jr., the man accused of laying pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot five years ago, on Tuesday, resolving a procedural snag that had delayed the transfer of his case into federal court despite his arrest last month. The superseding indictment, returned in […]
The Warner Bros. Discovery board unanimously told shareholders on Wednesday to reject the latest iteration of Paramount Skydance’s takeover bid in favor of Netflix’s rival offer. Depending on what Paramount decides next, the move could prolong the bidding war for the Hollywood powerhouse studio even further. But one thing is for certain: The Warner Bros. […]
