US Citizens of Somali Origin Face Audits for Potential Immigration Fraud

Activists confront a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the largely Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis on Dec. 9, 2025. Mark Vancleave/AP Photo The Trump administration is auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to uncover potential fraud that might be grounds for revoking their citizenship, known as denaturalization. “Under

Somali Americans Face Audits for Potential Immigration Fraud

A U.S. flag greets immigrants ahead of a naturalization ceremony in New York City on Aug. 16, 2013. John Moore/Getty Images The Trump administration is auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to uncover potential fraud that might be grounds for revoking their citizenship, known as denaturalization. “Under U.S. law, if an individual

Appeals Court Allows Planned Parenthood Funding Block

Planned Parenthood signage is displayed outside of a health care clinic in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 16, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images A federal appeals court on Dec. 30 allowed the Trump administration to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood clinics in the 22 states that sued over a congressionally-approved funding block. Section 71113

US Lifts Sanctions on Former CFO of Russia’s Sberbank

The logo of the Russian Sberbank Europe AG bank is seen on their headquarters in Vienna on Feb. 28, 2022. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters The United States has lifted sanctions on Alexandra Buriko, the former chief financial officer of Russia’s state-owned Sberbank, after her resignation in 2022 and demonstration that she no longer poses a threat as

HHS Pauses Funding for Child Care in Minnesota as Fraud Allegations Grow

The Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington on July 21, 2007. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that it is halting all funding for child care to Minnesota as federal investigations into alleged systemwide fraud continue to grow this week. “We have frozen all

US Sanctions 10 Companies and Individuals in Iran and Venezuela Over Drone, Missile Trade

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 16, 2024. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images The United States sanctioned 10 “entities and individuals” in Iran and Venezuela on Tuesday that support Iran’s drone trade and ballistic missile program, which threaten the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East, the Department of State announced. State

Judge Blocks White House’s Attempt to Defund Consumer Watchdog Agency

A special police member monitors a protest, while inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building in Washington on Feb. 8, 2025. Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the White House cannot lapse its funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a watchdog that has long drawn the ire of congressional