Report finds Afghanistan mission was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste”

Congress appropriated about $144.7 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction from 2002 to 2021, but the U.S. failed to transform the country into a democracy, in part because of corrupt allies and the lack of a clear plan, according to the final report from the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, or SIGAR.   The report, released

Wisconsin Directs $10 Million in Federal Funds to Anti-Violence Grant Program

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks to supporters during an election night event at The Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wis., on Nov. 8, 2022. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced on Dec. 5 the direction of $10 million in pandemic-era funds to a grant program to help schools, police, local governments, and community groups

Overperforming and Still Losing: What Tennessee’s Special Election Actually Shows

Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, attends a campaign event during the special election for the 7th district on Nov. 13, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP Democrats have spent much of the past year pointing to “overperformance” in deep-red districts as evidence that their message is breaking through in Donald Trump

ICE launches surge in Minnesota as Trump pushes for crackdown on Somali immigrants

Federal immigration authorities this week began conducting enhanced operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, a U.S. official told CBS News, targeting a region with a large population of the Somali immigrants President Trump often rails against.  The surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to target individuals in the Twin Cities area with deportation