The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, dismissing an appeal from a cohort of childhood sexual abuse victims who contended that the agreement unlawfully impeded their ability to sue organizations that operated local scouting programs. A cohort of 75 victims, among over … Read more
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and his wife appeared on Monday at the scene where a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent last week after striking him with her vehicle. “At the crime scene investigation where Renee Good was shot…we believe we saw Gov. Walz’s wife with him as well,” said Fox … Read more
A demonstration at federal immigration headquarters in Minneapolis turned into a political spectacle Saturday after Minnesota Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison were denied entry and escorted out of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, which houses the regional ICE office and immigration court. The lawmakers arrived unannounced, telling reporters they intended to … Read more
A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday blocked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s attempt to intervene in the sale of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments. The Mamdani administration sought to delay the transaction after tenants complained that the current owner, Pinnacle Group, had failed to properly maintain the properties. Tenants also raised concerns that the prospective … Read more
President Donald Trump pushed back forcefully Sunday night against what he described as unfair attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, saying they are simply enforcing the laws he was elected to uphold. Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One while returning to Washington after the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence, Trump fielded questions ranging … Read more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Minnesota this week to confront, head-on, the staggering fraud allegations plaguing the state—failures that the political class has spent years ignoring. Speaking with citizen journalists, local officials, and law enforcement, Bessent laid out the grim reality: the theft isn’t measured in millions, but in billions—possibly even hundreds of billions—of … Read more
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story failed to mention that the Fulbright Board resignations occurred in June, not December, when this report was published. The report also stated that a Chinese national was arrested in December. He was arrested and charged in June. All twelve members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board resigned in June over President … Read more
Maj. Gen. John L. Rafferty, Jr., was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Rafferty, currently the chief of staff at U.S. European Command in Germany, possesses over 33 years of leadership and … Read more
The wife of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent last week after striking him with her vehicle, is speaking out. In a statement to Minnesota Public Radio, Becca Good wrote that Renee “was made of sunshine.” Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and … Read more
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday that the United States aims to restart Venezuelan oil production, place sales and revenue under U.S.-controlled accounts, and set conditions for American oil companies to operate in the country. Wright said the approach would also benefit the Venezuelan people. Oil sales will be “done by the U.S. government and … Read more