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The massive statewide fraud scandal in Minnesota is threatening to become a liability for Democrats in the state's closely watched Senate race this year.
In particular, some Democrats think the widespread money laundering scheme, which is estimated to have stolen as much as roughly $9 billion, could be a problem for Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, the second-in-command to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). Flanagan is running against Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) for the party's nomination to replace Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.).
Others in the party worry the issue could be a challenge for the party as a whole in the North Star State, as President Trump, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and other Republicans seek to make it a major issue, especially in the wake of a viral video from conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleging fraud by federally funded daycare centers in the state. |
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President Trump said that United States personnel captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and were flown out of the country as the U.S. military carried out "large scale" strike inside the nation in the early morning hours on Saturday, an operation that came after a monthslong standoff between the two leaders.
"This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement," Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that more details will be announced at a press conference at 11 a.m.
Explosions were heard in the early hours in Caracas, the nation's capital, and some parts of the city reported being without electricity. |
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President Trump called the US military operation that captured the country's leader Nicolas Maduro "brilliant" in an interview with the New York Times.
"A lot of good planning and a lot of great, great troops and people," Trump told the publication in a 50 second phone interview just hours after the strikes in Venezuela Saturday. "It was a brilliant operation, actually."
When asked by the Times if he had sought congressional authority prior to the strike, Trump said "we'll discuss that." |
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The U.S. Coast Guard painted a grim picture Friday of its ongoing search for the survivors of a Dec. 30, 2025, strike on an alleged drug-trafficking convoy in the Pacific Ocean that the military said killed at least three people.
The Coast Guard said Friday that it is coordinating the search with multiple vessels, including those from partner nations and commercial fishing boats in the water about 400 nautical miles southwest of Mexico's border with Guatemala, covering an area spanning more than 1,000 nautical miles. "Weather reported in the area was nine-foot seas, and 40-knot winds," it said in a statement shared with The Hill. |
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In one of his most candid interviews about his age, President Trump disclosed the ways he manages his health, several of which go against the advice of his doctors.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday, Trump discussed his discomfort with some of the guidance coming from his physicians, as well as his regrets over sharing the health procedures he's undergone since returning to the White House.
Trump is the oldest sitting president in U.S. history at 79 years old. His advanced age was a recurring topic during his 2024 presidential campaign, especially when he chose a much younger running mate in JD Vance, 41. |
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President Trump is in a full-fledged feud with politicians in the state of Colorado that is both intensifying and increasingly bringing in other Republicans annoyed with steps taken by the White House.
The root of the issue appears to be the prosecution of former Mesa County elections clerk Tina Peters, who has aligned herself with the president's claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
Trump in a Wednesday Truth Social post slammed Gov. Jared Polis (D) and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein (R) over the incarceration of Peters, writing that the pair should "rot in hell." |
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President Trump is seizing on protests in Iran to threaten U.S. military intervention against the Islamic regime, angering leaders of the GOP's "America First" wing, which has been increasingly critical of the Republican administration's interventionist foreign policy.
The president's threats come as Israel lobbies for American support to strike what it says are renewed efforts by Tehran to build up its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. The demonstrations in Iran erupted earlier this week in response to a plunging currency rate and have evolved to express anti-government sentiment. |
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) proclaimed a "new era" as he took the helm of the country's largest city on New Year's Day.
Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose star rocketed last year, was publicly sworn in on the steps of City Hall, where he addressed a crowd of thousands in a sweeping inauguration speech attended by top progressive allies.
"My fellow New Yorkers, today begins a new era," Mamdani said. |
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Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday slammed President Trump's threat to intervene in Iran as it cracks down on anti-government protests.
Greene said on the social platform X that Trump's pledge, along with Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer telling CNBC that the federal government should "limit the First Amendment" by cracking down on speech on social media, is "everything we voted against" in 2024. "The focus should be on tax dollars here at home and defending our God given freedoms and rights," added Greene, who is departing Congress on Monday after a falling out with Trump. |
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OPINION | Many of us have spent the last two weeks largely checked out and concentrating on happier things than the intimate details of Jeffrey Epstein's private life. Sadly, that's all about to change. Come Monday, it's going to be all Epstein all the time.
That's because the Department of Justice has made a complete hash of releasing the Epstein files. A year ago, the department was the finest legal organization in the world. President Trump has forced out at least one-third of the Justice Department's leadership, and the unprecedented brain drain is starting to show. The unattractive combination of willfulness and incompetence with which the department has handled these documents' release ought to be a bigger story than the files themselves. |
OPINION | We have long been told that government should be run more like a business. Government, of course, is not literally a business: it has responsibilities to the nation as a whole rather than just some stockholders. Still, we all gain if sound management practices from the business world can allow the government to better serve the people.
Hopes of a more businesslike government helped elect a wealthy businessman president. |
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President Trump raised the taxes that the United States charges on imports last year to levels not seen in a century.
Prices of goods have increased as a result, and businesses that depend on imported products and supplies have struggled, with some closing their doors. Still, the effects have not been felt as strongly as some experts predicted after early April when Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from countries worldwide. |
BY JEANNE WHALEN AND PAUL OVERBERG |
Greg and Sara Cebulski enjoyed their years in Los Angeles, but when it came time to buy a bigger home for their family, they packed up and moved back to a place where they could actually afford one: the Midwest.
The couple, who grew up outside this quaint town in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley, just closed on a 2,400-square-foot split level for $360,000—almost twice the size of the starter home they sold in the San Fernando Valley for more than twice that price. It's not just housing, the Cebulskis say. Utilities, gasoline and dance and piano lessons for their two children are cheaper in Appleton, too. |
In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region's top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French, Italian, German and English, reflecting the tradition of Swiss multilingualism.
Another 119 people were injured in the blaze early Thursday as it ripped through the busy Le Constellation bar at the ski resort of Crans-Montana, authorities said. It was one of the deadliest tragedies in Switzerland's history.
Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire when they came too close to the ceiling of the crowded bar. |
On President Trump's 14th consecutive day at Mar-a-Lago, his residence and private club here, his motorcade veered from the familiar route to his golf club and pulled into an industrial shopping center on the side of the highway.
The leader of the free world had some shopping to do. As helicopters flew overhead, Secret Service sealed off the parking lot of Arc Stone & Tile so that the president could review samples of marble and onyx for a proposed White House ballroom project. |
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