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Trump Alleges $19B Minnesota Fraud, Says Probe Expanding to California

Trump on the Minnesota Fraud: “We think it’s at least $19 billion of fraud… We’re going to get to the bottom of it. We have the best people maybe in the whole country looking at that. We’re looking at California, too, because California is worse.”

Trump Urges Lower Interest Rates, Says Cuts Could Erase Deficit

TRUMP: “Interest rates should be lower. Every point is $600 billion… if we went down two points, we don’t have a deficit anymore—and that’s without cutting… When you think about it, it’s a paper charge. We should be the lowest interest rate in the world.”

Trump Pushes SAVE America Act With Voter ID and Mail-In Ballot Limits

TRUMP: “We want to get the SAVE America Act passed… We want people to have voter I.D., we want people to have proof of citizenship, and we want to have no mail-in ballots, other than if you’re in the military or you’re sick or… some reasonable, but good excuse.”

Trump Touts Early Economic Gains, Blames Biden for Inflation Crisis

Trump on the economy: “I remember when I first won, they said, ‘If he gets the Dow up to 50,000 by the end of his fourth year, he will have done miracles’ — and we’re at the end of the FIRST year…Everything’s going great. We inherited a total mess from Biden…the inflation was the worst […]

ICE Chief Defends His Officers’ Actions Before Congress After The Deaths Of 2 Protesters

Todd Lyons, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation agenda. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda to testify in a hearing […]

U.S. Slides to Lowest-Ever Score on Corruption Index; Israel Slips To 35th Place Worldwide

Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International is warning that corruption is worsening worldwide, even in established democracies, and says the United States has fallen to its lowest score ever on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index. In its annual report, the Berlin-based organization said the global average score has dropped to its weakest level in more than a […]

Turkey Warns U.S. Against Striking Iran, Says Airstrikes Alone Anyways Won’t Topple Regime

Turkey’s foreign minister has warned the United States against launching a military strike on Iran, saying there is “no immediate threat of war” and insisting that diplomacy remains the best path forward. In an interview with CNN Turk on Tuesday, Hakan Fidan revealed that ahead of last month’s 12-day conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Marco […]

“Addicting the Brains of Children”: Social Media Giants Face Reckoning in Court

Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from the plaintiffs and the two remaining defendants, Meta and YouTube. At the core of the Los Angeles case is a 20-year-old identified only […]

Intelligence Reports on Hamas Invasion Plans Reached Netanyahu in 2018, Contradicting His Claims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was presented with Israeli military intelligence outlining Hamas’s plans for a large-scale assault years before the Oct. 7 attack, according to a report published by Ynet. Citing intelligence documents and testimony from senior officials, Ynet reported that as early as April 2018, Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate circulated an assessment warning that […]

Europe’s Most Powerful Rocket Set for Maiden Flight From French Guiana

In a tightly controlled manufacturing hangar west of Paris, workers put the finishing touches on an enormous silver-colored engine. In just a few days, a similar machine will help propel the most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket yet, flying for the first time with four boosters. On Thursday, the Ariane 64 rocket — […]

China’s Lunar New Year Travel Rush Begins With Record 9.5 Billion Trips Expected

Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction. He’s one of the hundreds of millions expected to travel to their hometowns as part of the world’s largest movement of humanity, or “chunyun” as it’s […]

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