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Florida Congresswoman Accused of Stealing COVID Funds Maintains Innocence
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick reiterated her innocence Monday outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds. Cherfilus-McCormick was scheduled to be arraigned, but her attorney requested the proceeding be rescheduled to Jan. 20 so that she could finalize her legal team.…
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Federal Agents on Ground Investigating Minneapolis Fraud Claims
(Elysa Apel, The Center Square) The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are on the ground in Minneapolis actively investigating suspected sites of fraud. This is in the wake of multiple high-profile fraud cases that have gained national attention and include investigations into the misuse of state taxpayer funding and federal COVID-19 relief dollars.…
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Alleged Jan. 5/6 Pipe Bomber Initially Denied Accusations
(Headline USA) The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen and that he wanted to target the country’s political…
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2025 Illegal Entries in Texas: Nearly Half the Gotaways Reported in Previous Years
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In President Donald Trump’s first year in office, illegal border crossers in one year in Texas totaled nearly half of gotaways reported in previous years in Texas. They also represent roughly 10% of illegal entries in Texas in 2022 and 2023, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data and…
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Climate Activists v. the U.S. Energy Industry: Cases to Watch in 2026
(The Center Square) Anti-oil and gas advocates across the country have pursued litigation in recent years attempting to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for decades of financial damages the advocates claim were caused by climate change. Several cases have been dismissed while others advanced through court systems, with some being considered before the…
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Officials Warn Against Limits On Loans for Nursing Students
(The Center Square) Weeks after the federal government lowered the borrowing limit for student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, professionals and elected officials are sounding off on the impact. U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, said the proposed federal rules could affect the number of people who can enter the profession and hurt nursing students…
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Somali-Run Daycare That Misspelled ‘Learning’ Received $4M in State Funding
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Quality learning? Doesn’t seem like it. A YouTuber named Nick Shirley has found that a Somali-run daycare in Minnesota, which received roughly $4 million in state funding over the last two years and is licensed for 99 children, appeared to be empty when he visited it recently. The daycare, Quality Learning…
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Winder Blizzards Sweep the U.S.
(Headline USA) A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone, setting off a chain reaction of snow, ice, rain and severe weather expected to affect much of the country. Snow and strengthening winds spread across the Upper Midwest on Sunday, where the National…
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Trump Meeting w/ Zelenskyy Today in Effort to End Ukraine/Russia War
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s capital and elsewhere in the days before the meeting. Trump said he spoke with…
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Donald Trump Doubles Down on Greenland Demand Despite European Outrage
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump has escalated his demands for control of Greenland by appointing a special envoy to pursue the Arctic territory, declaring the United States must acquire the island for national security purposes despite fierce opposition from European allies and Greenlandic leaders. According to the Financial Times, Trump announced at his…
