Minnesota tops list of 10 most expensive pandemic aid fraud schemes

Federal prosecutors have repeatedly called the fraud case that plundered Minnesota’s child nutrition program the “largest pandemic fraud in the United States.” But it’s far from the only multimillion-dollar scheme to cheat the U.S. government out of taxpayers money that Congress intended to help the country through the economic disaster that accompanied the COVID-19 crisis.

Federal judge orders Abrego Garcia’s immediate release from ICE custody

Washington — A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody. The decision from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis grants Abrego Garcia’s habeas petition to release him from custody and is a significant victory for Abrego

Senate to vote on dueling health care bills with price hikes on the horizon

  19m ago Thune says Democrats want to “extend the status quo” with no reforms to address fraud Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Senate TV Addressing the chamber, Thune reiterated Republicans’ argument against a clean extension of the tax credits, saying the subsidies create “perverse

Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files haven’t been “tampered with”

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been “tampered” with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week. In a letter Thursday to the Justice

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Trump’s attacks on her a “very poor reflection on him”

Washington — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued President Trump lacks self-awareness as he continues to hurl insults at the conservative firebrand who was once one of his fiercest allies in Congress.  “I actually am starting to feel very sorry for President Trump,” the Georgia Republican told CBS News in an interview Wednesday. “It’s actually a