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Author Wynton Hall argues in his new book Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, publishing tomorrow, that AI can bolster human efforts to spot mass theft of government funds like the infamous Minnesota fraud scheme, saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) web of shady family ties goes even deeper than her alleged marriage to her brother — reportedly using her political offices to secure millions of dollars for a Minneapolis health clinic operated by her sister, who is married to a top Somali government official.

Joe Rogan called the Minneapolis protests “one of the clearest, most obvious distractions you’ve ever seen” during a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s not organic, that it just happened to be taking place in the very same place where you found hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud,” he said.

Thursday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) said former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will have to answer questions from investigators in Minnesota.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were aware of claims of widespread fraud in the state’s federally funded welfare programs for years but acted only to retaliate against whistleblowers instead of addressing the problem.

Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) announced this week that she regrets supporting the Laken Riley Act, distancing herself from the legislation passed with bipartisan support after the 2024 murder of a Georgia nursing student by an illegal alien. In January, her opponent in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, publicly criticized her for previously backing the bill.

A violent demonstration against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday resulted in about 54 anti-ICE protesters being arrested.

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) said Thursday that congressional Republicans should build on President Donald Trump’s newly announced campaign against government fraud by advancing additional reforms in an upcoming budget reconciliation package, citing federal estimates that hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars are lost each year to fraud and improper payments.

Vice President JD Vance, who tapped by President Donald Trump to combat fraud nationwide, on Wednesday said that the country’s social safety net would disappear unless we take combatting fraud more seriously.

Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration was “temporarily” halting “certain amounts of Medicaid funding” to Minnesota, until the government learns “to be good stewards” of taxpayer money.

Disgraced former CNN anchor and far-left activist Don Lemon is facing a lawsuit for “severe emotional distress.”

The proposed ban on AR-15 and numerous other semiautomatic rifles and pistols failed to pass in a Minnesota House Committee Tuesday afternoon.

President Donald Trump slammed the alleged fraud linked to the Somali community in Minnesota during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, garnering loud pushback from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address on February 24, 2026, to formally launch what he called a war on fraud, placing Vice President JD Vance in charge of the effort.

Joe Rogan called birthright citizenship “a crazy law,” adding, “especially if you are illegal and then you come here specifically to have a baby, and then you can stay, too — that’s kind of crazy.”

Country singer Brandi Carlile says she is “angry” with MAGA and supporters of President Donald Trump, who she thinks “got f**king scammed” into voting for him.

Gov. Tim Walz introduced a gun control package to the state legislature and made clear his desire for a tax on gun and ammunition sales.

MN Dems are pushing a bill to allow law enforcement to enter homes to check compliance with semiautomatic gun storage requirements.

Gays Against Groomers, the organization that says it’s “fighting to end the war on children” from inside the gay community, blasted trans-identified Minnesota representative Leigh Finke’s claim that ‘queer’ kids need access to adult websites.

Breitbart News sat down with comedian Ben Bankas to discuss the left’s attempts to cancel him over his comedy and how those attempts actually grew his brand and his audience.

Democrats in the Minnesota House are pushing legislation to ban the ownership or transfer of AR-15s and numerous other semiautomatic rifles.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrest of a Liberian national who was in the United States illegally, and who was working as a Minnesota correctional officer.

Jamie Kennedy slammed anti-ICE celebrities for preaching from the red carpet. “If you care, you wouldn’t be in Sundance,” the actor and comedian declared, before urging fellow celebrities to “get on the frontlines” if they actually believe in what they are spewing.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) revealed at a townhall meeting on Wednesday that Democrats don’t just want to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but they are actually planning how to dismantle the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entirely.

Comedian Dave Chappelle was seen laying flowers at a street-side memorial for anti-ICE reactionary Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Monday.

Angry Minnesota Democrats want $200 million in taxpayer reparations because Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers prevented Minneapolis businesses from employing low-wage illegal migrants.

HBO Max’s “The Pitt” star Taylor Dearden declared “there is no L.A. without immigrants” during a red carpet interview at the Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” The Atlantic Staff Writer David Brooks said that the drawdown of immigration officers in Minnesota was partially because people in Minneapolis, “in a self-disciplined” way like the Civil Rights movement, “put the regime in an impossible

Minnesota concealed carry permit applications for January 2026 were “nearly double” what they were in January 2025, according to CBS News.

During an interview with CBS News on Friday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said that Renee Good was “murdered on the street” “just for protesting” and exercising her First Amendment rights. Wasserman Schultz said that other law enforcement agencies deal

Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon said during an interview on The Alex Marlow Show on Wednesday that blue states like Minnesota and California are at risk of losing federal funding because of their transgender policies.

The Minneapolis businesses that exploit illegal migrants should be compensated by ordinary Americans for economic losses amid the federal enforcement of popular immigration and civil rights laws, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” host Anderson Cooper said that, after the drawdown of immigration officers in Minnesota, there are “thousands” of officers “who probably couldn’t make it on a police force, probably couldn’t make it in the military.

Josh Hawley is calling for the indictment of Keith Ellison over accusations that he accepted campaign contributions from Somali fraudsters.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing on child care program fraud on Thursday, February 12.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, February 12.