Washington — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing next week on alleged fraud in Minnesota public assistance programs, Chairman James Comer, announced Wednesday. The hearing is set to take place Jan. 7 and will include testimony from Minnesota GOP state lawmakers who have investigated public assistance fraud, Comer said. Minnesota
A passport-processing employee uses a stack of blank passports to print a new one at the Miami Passport Agency in Miami on June 22, 2007. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The governments of Mali and Burkina Faso said on Tuesday that they are imposing bans on U.S. citizens from entering their countries in response to the Trump
In 2025, President Trump returned to power and instituted change in Washington with executive orders that ranged from immigration crackdowns to sweeping foreign policy proposals to renaming government agencies. Although Congressional leaders were able to usher through Mr. Trump’s “One, Big Beautiful Bill,” his budget bill couldn’t get 60 votes to advance in the Senate,
A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licenses can keep them. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the state may lose $160
A close-up shot of a SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., on Nov. 1, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo Residents in five states receiving federal food assistance will face new restrictions on their benefits when it comes to purchasing soda, candy, and other items categorized as unhealthy starting
A close-up shot of a SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., on Nov. 1, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo Residents in five states receiving federal food assistance will face new restrictions on their benefits when it comes to purchasing soda, candy, and other items categorized as unhealthy starting
Lawsuits and investigations have followed a development that is self-described as the ‘epicenter of Islam in America.’ Add to My List Save Illustration by The Epoch Times, Public Domain, Rendition from Texas legal documents By Darlene McCormick Sanchez | December 31, 2025Updated:December 31, 2025 JOSEPHINE, Texas—This rural town with farmland stretching to the horizon might