news2shortsVice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is temporarily halting Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota, giving Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of … Read more
Investigation under way after man was dropped off five miles from home but family wasn’t notified, officials say A nearly blind Burmese refugee who was abandoned by border patrol agents has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, city officials confirmed. Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, had been missing since 19 February, when he was … Read more
Legal experts and commentators toed a careful line Wednesday in responding to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, with many using the moment to weigh in on the broader legal and political climate itself, rather than Trump’s actual remarks. Some of the biggest moments of Trump’s address included his response to the Supreme … Read more
Vice President JD Vance received a new assignment Tuesday night: fighting a “war on fraud” that President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address.
After being chosen to lead President Trump’s “war on fraud,” Vice President JD Vance announced that there would be a pause for federal Medicaid reimbursements in Minnesota amid a probe over alleged misuse of funds in the state.
Killing of Ruben Ray Martinez on 15 March 2025 in Texas was not disclosed by the department until media reported it A grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a US citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas, prosecutors said. The shooting of Ruben … Read more
Symone Sanders, who formerly served as a top adviser to then-Vice President Kamala Harris and the 2020 Biden campaign, complained during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night that the Olympic Gold-winning U.S. men’s hockey team “allowed themselves to be used as political props.” “They should not be used as political props … Read more
Group says case far from over after being found liable for defamation and other claims brought by energy firm A North Dakota judge has said he will order Greenpeace to pay damages expected to total $345m in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline from nearly a decade ago, a figure the environmental … Read more
As President Donald Trump vowed to wage a “war on fraud” during his State of the Union address Tuesday, a panel of voters across the political spectrum had mixed reactions. The panel, assembled by polling group Maslansky + Partners and comprising 29 Democrats, 30 independents and 41 Republicans, gave real-time reactions as Trump spoke. The … Read more
Department commissioner will be Erin Dalton, who conducted outreach in Pennsylvania among unhoused communities Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, has hired Erin Dalton as a new commissioner of the city’s department of social services. The hire comes as the new mayor has faced scrutiny over the city’s handling of its unhoused population following the deaths … Read more
