Month: December 2025

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Wednesday that the body will hold hearings on fraud concerns within Minnesota’s social services programs in the new year. The first hearing is set for Jan. 7, with state Reps. Kristin Robbins (R), Walter Hudson (R) and Marion Rarick (R)…

Actor George Clooney took a shot at CBS and ABC, two broadcast networks that have both settled high-profile lawsuits brought by President Trump in recent months. “If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, ‘Go f‑‑‑ yourself,’ we wouldn’t be where we are in the country,” Clooney, who recently became a citizen of…

President Trump claimed Tuesday that his “real” approval rating is at 64 percent, despite polls showing it is below 50 percent. “The polls are rigged even more than the writers,” Trump said in a late-night Truth Social post. “The real number is 64%, and why not, our Country is ‘hotter’ than ever before.” He added,…

Danielle Bensky was recruited and abused by the late sex offender when she was an aspiring teenage ballerina.

The Trump administration has turned its focus to a years-long fraud scandal in Minnesota, expanding the federal government’s presence in the state, as 2025 draws to a close. Several agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Small Business Administration, Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department, have taken action since a viral video…

Middle-class and working-class Trump voters are beginning to question their support for the MAGA movement as they face economic hardship and the Trump administration’s policies have not delivered the promised benefits.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) slammed the Trump administration for pausing child care payments to his state amid increased federal scrutiny of alleged fraud within its social services programs.  “This is Trump’s long game,” Walz wrote Tuesday in a post on social platform X. We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue…

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Jack White wasn’t having it with Rep. Tim Burchett’s “ugly and angry” dig on social media.

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha on Tuesday condemned statements alleging that Kyiv initiated an attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s compound. “We were disappointed and concerned to see the statements by Emirati, Indian, and Pakistani sides expressing their concerns regarding the attack that never happened,” Sybiha wrote in a post on X. “It…

Trump’s administration said on Tuesday it was auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to detect fraud that could lead to denaturalization, or revocation of citizenship.

The president absolutely botched his suggestion about the image as he renewed his familiar complaints about windmills.

The iconic American artist’s family said he’d be “devastated” to see how the administration is co-opting his work to push its agenda.

In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the longtime GOP strategist laid out why voters might be ready to “take out their anger at the ballot box” come midterms.

YouTuber Nick Shirley became a viral sensation overnight after posting a 42-minute video documenting his hunt for fraudulent child care programs in Minnesota.  Shirley’s video has been viewed more than 100 million times on the social platform X and shows him visiting day care centers receiving public funds. The 23-year-old alleged that multiple local centers…

Clooney, who recently played legendary CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow on Broadway, scolded the major networks for settling lawsuits to kiss Trump’s ring.

The social media post marks the California governor’s latest swipe at the president amid their ongoing feud.

The president was caught complaining to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

President Trump has overseen a series of dramatic changes at the Kennedy Center since taking office at the beginning of the year. The most significant shifts came in two waves, both of which resulted in artists canceling performances in protest of Trump’s takeover of the cultural institution. In February, Trump replaced multiple board members with…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned of a harsh response to any attack on his country.

A federal magistrate judge said Tuesday a local grand jury has secured a federal indictment against the suspect in the D.C. pipe bomb case, but he has not yet accepted it. Judge Matthew Sharbaugh said at a hearing that a D.C. Superior Court grand jury approved an indictment against Brian Cole Jr. on the two federal charges already alleged in a complaint. The case stems from…

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday said Americans are tiring of President Trump’s whirlwind of retribution and offensive comments as his first year back in office draws to a close. “There are signs that the public is tiring of his hyperbole and insatiable desire for retribution. Increasingly, they may hear only the offensive or cruel…

Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins (R) says she warned Gov. Tim Walz (D) about alleged fraud within the state’s social services programs, but to no avail. “He has turned a blind eye for so long that he cannot deny there were so many whistleblower reports, so many media reports,” Robbins told the New York Post…

The president made the comments after criticizing the New York City mayor-elect’s appearance.

The company is being contracted to build 25 F-15 jets with an option for 25 more.