The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday that all child care payments to Minnesota have been frozen in response to the widespread fraud allegations under federal investigation. The move taken by HHS concerns Somali-run day care centers that are allegedly benefiting from government payments issued by the Administration for Children and Families. […]
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to turn over internal records tied to its decision to investigate and charge Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, signaling growing judicial skepticism that senior DOJ leadership may have pushed the prosecution while publicly denying involvement. The order, issued earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Waverly […]
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) tapped a former Biden administration Labor Department leader to head the Virginia Labor Department. Jessica Looman, the former administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division under President Joe Biden, will serve as the state’s next secretary of labor if confirmed by the General Assembly. “As Secretary of Labor, Ms. […]
The British government has become embroiled in a repatriation scandal of its own making, after championing the cause of an Egyptian activist for years, described as a “top priority,” only for his troubling social media history to emerge hours after his release was finally secured. On Friday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was […]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed a lawyer who represented an al Qaeda terrorist and Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil as New York City’s chief counsel on Tuesday. Ramzi Kassem, also a law professor at City University of New York and a member of Mamdani’s legal affairs transition team, will advise Mamdani and City Hall […]
Democrats will reconvene their Jan. 6 investigation on its fifth anniversary, leaving the party split on whether this move will be productive in a big midterm election year. The unofficial hearing was announced Monday by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a “Dear Colleague” letter, which says it would highlight President Donald Trump‘s mass pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters […]
Disney agreed to pay $10 million in civil penalties to settle a federal case litigating its alleged violations of a children’s online privacy law on YouTube, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. A federal court entered a stipulated order involving Disney Worldwide Services and Disney Entertainment Operations, which were accused of violating the Children’s […]
Democrats are fighting to preserve their final point of leverage in Iowa’s Senate on Tuesday, as Republicans stand one win away from a supermajority and near-total control of the chamber. Renee Hardman (D-IA) and Lucas Loftin (R-IA) are set to compete in a special election for Iowa Senate District 16, a seat left vacant after […]
A federal judge said Tuesday he expects to decide within “the next day or two” whether Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021, should be released to home detention as he awaits trial. “I’m going to […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after it argued that it was legally barred from funding the agency. The administration and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought wanted to shutter the CFPB for good and conduct mass firings in February, but the courts had stalled […]
