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Venezuela played with heart, Italy sipped espresso and the Dominicans showed off their verve at the tournament. America wanted to concentrate on war On the morning of the World Baseball Classic final between the United States and Venezuela, the headline of the New York Times daily briefing read, “America, alone,” in reference to the unwillingness … Read more

A new state audit investigating the massive fraud scandal in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota revealed that the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS) failed for years to properly investigate Medicaid kickback allegations while incorrectly claiming that they did not have the authority to do so.  The Office of the Legislative Auditor report released on Tuesday, titled … Read more

As the Iran war continues, Democrats are done with classified briefings, demanding public hearings on the Trump administration’s case for war.

A federal judge in Minnesota declined to step aside from an immigration-related case despite a conflict-of-interest challenge tied to his spouse’s legal work. The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the judge’s order, which called the government’s motion “improper, untimely, and lacking merit.” Last week, the DOJ formally moved to disqualify U.S. District Judge … Read more

Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox On a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss … Read more

Instead of regime change, all the bombing has produced so far is regime reinforcement and no end in sight With the US-Israeli bombing of Iran now in its third week, its costs are mounting, its purpose is increasingly muddled and potential off-ramps have become frustratingly elusive. Yet rather than succumb to despair, we should urgently … Read more

City lawyers say former mayor is not entitled to public-funded defense over alleged 1993 sexual assault Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: A top conservative organization advocating parents’ rights is descending on Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with both Republicans and Democrats on the subject of transgender issues and other agenda items. Moms for Liberty is taking its “parents pledge” to Congress, with group members expected to sit down with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., … Read more

$11.3bn more than enough to fund EPA or National Cancer Institute, where administration sought to slash budgets Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US spent $11.3bn on just the first week of its military assault on Iran. This huge expenditure dwarves the annual budgets of … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: A top senator involved in slashing red tape will tout a plan requiring line-item proof of every federal tax dollar from entities that receive federal funding. Sen. Joni Ernst said her move would guard against rampant fraud such as the slew of allegedly fake Minneapolis daycares, adding the measure could have helped … Read more