Noem says ICE agent was justified in fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman after mayor disputes DHS account

Minnesota state representatives are set to testify during a Republican-led House Oversight Committee hearing on allegations of fraud and misuse of federal funds in the state.

Exclusive: Uvalde school cop was told where gunman was before he got into school building

A school district police officer arrived at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, more than a minute before a gunman entered the building and shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in May 2022, a ...

Judge cancels Wednesday testimony in Uvalde cop trial as defense says prosecutors withheld evidence

Judge Sid Harle told jurors not to come to court Wednesday while prosecutors and the defense seek to find a remedy for a witness’ potentially problematic testimony.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz won’t seek third term as fraud scandal churns

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes no questions in a news conference announcing he won’t seek a third term. Follow here for live updates.

California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.

Minnesota child care centers accused of wrongdoing were operating as expected, report says

Minnesota child care centers at the center of widespread fraud allegations fueled by a viral video were operating as expected when visited by investigators, the state Department of Children, Youth, ...

What we know about a Minneapolis day care center that was highlighted in video about alleged fraud

Quality Learning Center – which became the focus of anger and ridicule after a viral video looking at Somali businesses in Minneapolis – has a history of code violations, but none that suggested fraud ...

South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile

South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about ...

Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota

The Trump administration, for the second time in recent weeks, is using allegations of fraud to justify increased federal law enforcement actions in Minnesota, the state with the country’s largest ...

Samuel Alito keeps getting his way. So why does he seem so unhappy?

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has a remarkable record of transforming his old dissenting opinions into the new majority view and setting the direction of the law in America.

What’s new, what’s not: Parsing the rhetoric around the Minnesota child care fraud firestorm

A conservative influencer’s viral video alleging widespread fraud at taxpayer-funded child care centers in Minnesota’s Somali community kicked off a political firestorm that was years in the making.

Who is Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife and ‘first combatant’ of Venezuelan socialism?

Captured along with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday was his wife and top adviser, Cilia Flores, who was dragged from their bedroom along with her husband by US troops. The couple ...