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Washington — The Senate on Thursday rejected a pair of bills to address rising health care costs, with lawmakers unable to reach a bipartisan agreement on extending tax credits that help millions of Americans purchase insurance under the Affordable Care Act.  But with the partisan exercise behind them, some senators are expressing tepid optimism about

MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell has announced he will run for Minnesota governor in 2026, seeking the Republican nomination to challenge DFL incumbent Gov. Tim Walz. Lindell, 64, last week filed the paperwork to potentially run, but at the time said he hadn’t yet 100% decided on a gubernatorial run. On Thursday, he made

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.

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

  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