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Vance swears in anti-fraud enforcer Colin McDonald
7+ hour, 23+ min ago (283+ words) Vance celebrated McDonald's confirmation, saying, "For far too long, illegal alien fraudsters and criminals have been allowed to scam Americans out of their hard-earned tax dollars." (The Daily Signal) " Vice President JD Vance swore in Colin McDonald on Wednesday morning…...
Pam Bondi's tenure as Trump's overpromising AG comes to abrupt end
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (291+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) " Pam Bondi will no longer be attorney general following a tumultuous and controversial tenure. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the interim, President Donald Trump announced. The New York…...
Cities Church parishioners continue to be 'hounded' and 'harassed' by anti-ICE protesters, churchgoer says | AlphaNews.org
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (405+ words) "They block the sidewalk and are cussing us out as we walk into church," a churchgoer told Crime Watch Minneapolis. "I just want the freedom to worship without [fear] and not be hounded or harassed." Attendees of Cities Church in…...
Trump signs 'foolproof' executive order creating a national voter list | AlphaNews.org
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (345+ words) The federal government will also leverage the U.S. Postal Service to double-verify the legitimacy of mail-in ballots. (The Center Square) "President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Tuesday ensuring states can crosscheck voter data with federal records and establishing a…...
Democrats oppose new federal tax credit program as fight could stall education agenda
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (714+ words) Twenty-seven states have opted in to a federal education tax credit program, but Minnesota does not appear likely to join that list. The brewing fight over a recently-created federal tax credit could have major implications for the Minnesota Legislature's education…...
Supreme Court sides with counselor who challenged law that requires affirming kids' gender confusion | AlphaNews.org
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (444+ words) Alliance Defending Freedom Chief Legal Counsel Jim Campbell said the decision will help protect counselors from similar laws in "more than 20 other states and over 100 localities around the country." (Daily Caller News Foundation) " The Supreme Court sided Tuesday with a…...
Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit challenging Minnesota's in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (629+ words) A district court judge tossed out the Trump administration's lawsuit on March 27 against Minnesota laws that allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates, or in some cases have tuition waived, for college and university classes, ruling that the state…...
Republicans seek to block federal funding of proposed rail projects: 'Waste of taxpayer dollars"
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (527+ words) Minnesota's Republican congressional delegation said the Blue Line extension "is already shaping up to be yet another transportation project that will lead to minimal ridership, huge capital costs, and adverse effects on Minnesotans." Minnesota Republicans are calling on Congress to…...
Kendall Qualls: A contract to save Minnesota | AlphaNews.org
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (810+ words) "With personal, business, and property taxes among the highest in the country'and new burdens like the Paid Family Leave Act'Minnesota is approaching a point of irreversible economic decline," writes Kendall Qualls, a Republican candidate for governor. Despite the efforts of…...
Minnesota Democrats vote down motion to advance age-verification bill for pornographic websites
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (756+ words) "This is a bill to protect kids," Rep. Ben Bakeberg said. "All it is doing is taking what happens in the physical world and bringing it into the digital world." Democrats in the Minnesota House voted down a procedural motion…...