(Headline USA) The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to The Associated Press.
The investigation, which both Walz and Frey said was a bullying tactic meant to threaten political opposition, focused...
(Hayley Feland, The Center Square) A Washington, D.C.–based oversight organization has formally asked the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families to provide internal records that relate to the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, citing concerns about fraud.
On Jan. 13, Empower Oversight filed a request under the Minnesota Data...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US forces have seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean, according to statements from the US military and US officials, as the Trump administration continues its blockade on Venezuela with the goal of controlling the country’s oil industry and exports.
US Southern Command said that US Marines...
(Jared Strong, The Center Square) In an attempt to distance themselves from the Feeding Our Future fraud, Minnesota politicians vowed to return their tainted donations, but an investigation by The Center Square found that some did not follow through with their promises.
Others, including the state's Attorney General Keith Ellison...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander says she is being investigated by federal prosecutors for participating in a video message urging service members to refuse “illegal” orders.
In a video posted Wednesday night, Goodlander acknowledged that she is among other Democrats being investigated by the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been accused in a lawsuit of having sex with her security guards and breaking up the family of one of them in the process.
The lawsuit against Sinema was filed Monday in North Carolina federal court by Heather Ammel, who...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Since Colorado and Washington became the first of 25 states to date to allow the sale of cannabis, tax collections on recreational marijuana have been a boon for state treasuries, reports The Motley Fool.
California alone now rakes in more than $1 billion per year in...
(Headline USA) A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, officials said.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on the social media platform X that federal law enforcement officers...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Jim McBride, a former postal worker from Alabama whose ability to write catchy country songs inflected with honky-tonk flair resulted in a long string of hits for artists like Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings and Conway Twitty, died on Jan. 7 in Huntsville, Ala. He...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of Money Metals' Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey argues that the most important economic warnings rarely arrive with flashing lights. They show up first in markets, and right now, he says, precious metals are doing the talking.
Maharrey opens by comparing...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) A pro-liberty couple in New Hampshire has secured their second free speech victory against the leftist-controlled municipalities that now dominate much of the once-conservative state, due in large part to the influx of liberals from deep blue Massachusetts.
A federal appeals court ruled that Beth and...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump's plans to acquire Greenland could cost U.S. taxpayers up front and over the long term.
Denmark's leaders have said the semi-autonomous Danish territory isn't for sale. So have Greenland's leaders, who depend on fishing and subsidies from Copenhagen. Denmark's central bank noted...