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Just hours before his capture by the U.S., Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro met with a Chinese envoy, highlighting the great power competition between Washington and Beijing in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro received Qiu Xiaoqi, the Chinese government’s special representative for Latin American affairs, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Friday — reaffirming Caracas’ strategic ties…
Minnesota officials have until next week to turn over information on child care providers and parents receiving federal funds or risk losing federal child care funding, according to a notice sent to providers. Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) told child care providers in an email Friday that information about funding recipients has…
GlassesUSA is still running its end-of-year offers, but that sale ends today. Shoppers can score 50% off lens upgrades for Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta smart glasses with code LENSES50, or 50% off progressive lenses for Nuance Audio hearing glasses using PROG50 — both offers run through Jan. 3. Contact lens wearers can save 30% and get…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday issued a proclamation declaring January Muslim American Heritage Month across the state and directed 16 state landmarks — including NYC’s One World Trade Center — to be illuminated green Friday night in “celebration of the heritage and culture of Muslim Americans.” “Home to the largest Muslim American population…
If you’re still unpacking results from the 2024 election, it’s time to give up. 2026 is an election year. Welcome to the midterms. Health care. The economy. The “One Big Beautiful Bill.” All are factors as voters go to the polls this fall. Democrats are trained on kitchen table issues this year. They hope that…
Israel tore into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after he revoked a pair of executive orders signed by former Mayor Eric Adams that supported the Jewish state. “On his very first day as New York City mayor, Mamdani shows his true face: He scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting…
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” That question, posed by Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,” seems to now occupy much of Washington. At a Christmas party with many media from Washington, the question was put to me more succinctly and repeatedly as “can they do…
The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Thursday that it suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers after uncovering what it says is widespread suspected fraud. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the agency reviewed thousands of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loans approved in Minnesota, and identified nearly $400 million in potentially fraudulent loans…
Indiana dominated Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl Thursday to send the Hoosiers to the College Football Playoff semifinals. It marked the most lopsided postseason defeat for the Crimson Tide in program history. It was also Alabama’s biggest margin of defeat in any game since a 42-6 defeat to Arkansas Sept. 26, 1998. Indiana had…
The Washington Post editorial board called on the Trump administration to press for “meaningful reform” of the country’s entitlement programs, specifically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), after independent journalist Nick Shirley recently exposed over $100 million of fraud allegedly taking place in Minnesota’s daycare system. In a Wednesday editorial, the outlet said that Shirley’s…
