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President Donald Trump railed against alleged social services fraud in Minnesota during remarks at his New Year’s Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday. "Can you imagine they stole $18 billion," Trump said. "That's just what we're learning about. That's peanuts. And California is worse, Illinois is worse and sadly New York is worse." Trump continued, "We're going to get to the bottom of all those. It was a giant scam."

Authorities moved to release a person of interest they arrested Sunday over a deadly mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, extending the manhunt to its third day. The FBI and police have not identified a suspect since the perpetrator opened fire with a handgun in the school’s engineering building during final exams on Saturday, killing two students and wounding nine others, officials said Sunday night. The FBI pursued a local police lead to arrest the initial person of interest in Coventry, FBI Director Kash Patel said on X earlier that day, thanking “the men and women of...