Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said Thursday that she and other House Oversight Committee members have referred Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice for investigation, accusing them of obstructing federal scrutiny of alleged fraud in social services programs. Luna stated that…

Sen. Pete Ricketts, Republican from Nebraska, stated on Thursday that the U.S. arrest and extraction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was a lawful law-enforcement operation and expressed confidence that American courts would convict him and imprison him for an extended period. During his recent appearance on “National Report,” Ricketts described…

The Justice Department filed federal lawsuits against Arizona and Connecticut on Tuesday, accusing both states of failing to provide complete statewide voter registration records as requested by federal officials. The actions are part of a broader campaign to enforce election compliance. In the complaints, the Department’s Civil Rights Division alleges…

The top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday he would meet leaders of Denmark next week but signaled no retreat from President Donald Trump’s aim to take over Greenland, and alarmed allies including France and Germany were working on a plan on how to respond. A U.S. military seizure of the…

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 January 2026 01:00 PM EST The Trump administration’s back-to-back Coast Guard operations targeting Venezuelan-linked “ghost fleet” tankers send a warning to criminal networks and hostile regimes that the United States will no longer tolerate narco-terrorism or illicit oil trafficking, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the Trump administration is taking an “all hands on deck” approach to pursuing alleged government fraud in Minnesota, California, and elsewhere. Leavitt’s remarks came during a press briefing when a reporter asked if Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz may have dropped…