The future leadership of Venezuela is up for grabs as former dictator Nicolas Maduro is preoccupied, declaring himself a “prisoner of war” in a New York federal court. Europe is largely throwing its weight behind a high-profile opponent of Maduro to replace him as head of state, despite President Donald Trump’s rhetoric backing the deposed […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) announced Monday he is dropping his reelection bid, prompting messages of “good riddance” from his political opponents. Walz is facing a scandal of welfare fraud from Somali residents across Minnesota. As a result, Walz suggested the problem is bigger than his political career. “Every minute I spend defending my own political […]
President Donald Trump is hinting he could take more military action in other foreign nations after the successful capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces over the weekend. But whether the U.S. has the capability of handling another intervention in a second country remains unclear. Within two days of Maduro’s capture, the […]
Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said the Kremlin “firmly condemns” the United States’s arrest of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, calling on the U.S. government to release him. The Trump administration executed an overnight capture of Maduro from Venezuela early Saturday, arresting him on drug trafficking charges and bringing him to New […]
House and Senate appropriators released a nearly $180 billion package comprising three funding bills on Monday, slimming Congress‘s chances of entering another government shutdown. The three-bill package, or a “minibus,” combines the Commerce, Justice, and Science; Energy and Water; and Interior and Environment bills. The package’s top line, or total amount spent for these focus […]
(The Center Square) – Apprehensions of illegal border crossers dropped by 95% in New Mexico under the Trump administration from their record high during the Biden administration. At the same time, arrests of foreign terrorist organization members and prosecutions of border crimes skyrocketed in New Mexico. Apprehensions of illegal border crossers this year represent a […]
(The Center Square) – Louisiana regulators are considering a revision to an existing coastal use permit that would allow LNG export terminal operator Venture Global to expand dredging along the Calcasieu Ship Channer near the mouth of the Gulf of America, an area commercial fishermen and shrimpers contend is vulnerable to adverse impacts on water quality, […]
(The Center Square) – In the wake of fraud allegations against Ohio child care facilities, the state launched a new way for the public to get involved. State Auditor Keith Faber announced a new section to the auditor’s website that allows the public to report tips about potential fraud involving public benefits. “We want to make […]
Medicaid, one of the oldest forms of public assistance susceptible to scams, has long been a cash cow for Somali fraudsters seeking to profit from taxpayer-funded programming in Minnesota. Heightened scrutiny surrounding Medicaid comes as other cases of Somali-connected fraud in Minnesota attract national attention, such as Somali-owned organizations caught fraudulently collecting child care subsidies […]
(The Center Square) – Starting in the new year, the minimum wage in Michigan is now $13.73 per hour. That is up more than $1 over last year’s minimum wage. Nationally, the federal minimum wage remained at $7.25 per hour. The most-recent adjustment of that wage was in 2009, making this the longest period of Congress […]
