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President Trump recently made some big moves with ICE in Minnesota that some believe was a surrender to leftist protesters. But Glenn Beck believes Trump is playing a very different game here. Glenn explains how Trump's actions may actually be a checkmate on Minnesota's leadership: either give him what he really wants, or admit their true intentions ... Video is 15 mins long.

A Minnesota fraud scandal is a "canary in the coal mine" for how easily swindles can seep into government systems — including election administration — Republican election attorney Justin Riemer told Fox News Digital. "What you've seen happen in Minnesota and now similar fraudulent schemes in other states, this should be very much a canary in the coal mine for other governmental processes," Riemer told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview in January. "Which would include our voter registration and election processes. And it's not somehow immune to the type of corruption that we've seen in Minnesota and in...

Secretary of Housing Scott Turner CONFIRMS Democrats were using American taxpayer dollars to pay for homes for illegals - $5 billion dollars in “overpayment errors” - Taxpayers are paying for housing for 30,000 dead people -Government-backed home loans given to non-citizens “We eliminated non-permanent residents' eligibility for FHA insured mortgages. And we are auditing public housing authorities to ensure taxpayer dollars don't support illegal aliens. American dollars should benefit American citizens and American citizens only.” Our Office of the Chief Financial Officer uncovered more than $5 billion in potential payment errors, over 50 billion in total rental assistance for the...

Some of us are old enough to remember Matthew Lesko, the lanky, fast-talking late-night TV pitchman who promised people free government money to those who bought his books. There are, Lesko said in one of his countless ads decades ago, “15,000 programs you can use to get a better job, get an education, or start your own business. Those who know about the programs are the ones who get the money!” Lesko was right about how easy it is to get taxpayer money. What Lesko didn’t say is that it’s easy to do even when it violates the law —...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city will file a temporary restraining order on Monday in an effort to halt Operation Metro Surge and get federal agents out of Minnesota. FOX 9's Mary McGuire has more.

It is fair to say that until Kamala Harris chose her running mate in 2024, the vast majority of Americans had never heard of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Known during the campaign for little more than his weak-kneed response to the George Floyd riots of 2020 and for exaggerations about his National Guard service and military rank, he was an ever-grinning, ever-clapping cheerleader for Kamala’s word salads. However, in light of Minnesota’s “industrial-scale” social services fraud, likely involving billions in tax dollars funneled away from those most in need to those lining their pockets for vacations, jewelry, property, and luxury...

President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that more than $100 billion may have been stolen from Minnesota over the years, accusing "corrupt politicians and fraudsters" of what he called massive theft and fraud and warning that Democrat-led states such as California would be "worse." In posts on Truth Social, Trump alleged that the scale of wrongdoing in Minnesota could surpass the nine-figure threshold, though he offered no documentation or official findings to support the estimate. "It is actually possible that the total amount of money stolen, over the years, by corrupt politicians and fraudsters, from Minnesota, will exceed $100 billion,"...

Minnesota’s alleged fraud scandal continues with the blue state now "on the clock" to comply with federal officials. "We asked Minnesota for evidence that child care funding goes to legitimate providers," Jim O’Neill, deputy secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), wrote in an X post video alongside HHS Assistant Secretary Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Alex Adams. "Six weeks later, they still have not sent this information." The ACF sent a "preliminary notice of non-compliance" to the state, according to O’Neill. "We are no longer asking, we are demanding," Adams said. "Since Minnesota refused to...

Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong? They don't have to charge you with a crime. They don't have to take you to court. They can just say they suspect you of a crime. Then they can grab your money, your car, and sometimes, even your house! It's legal because of something called "civil asset forfeiture." My new video shows how police abuse such laws to take things from innocent people. Restaurant owner Mandrel Stuart was stopped by police in Virginia when driving. Stuart thought, at worst, he'd...

Unlike some of her peers, Jessica Herod has not had staff detained by federal immigration agents, hecklers defecate in front of her door, or armed state investigators entering her daycare. Still, Herod is worried. She is co-founder and chief operating officer of Olu’s Beginnings, a child care center in North Minneapolis where 75% of the children enrolled depend on federal funding. Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that it suspended $467 million in annual payments to Minnesota that enable low-income parents to access child care. The unprecedented federal funding freeze, which is now tied up in court, “would affect...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is probing whether affiliates of abortion giant Planned Parenthood illegally received $88 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. “At the height of the pandemic, affiliates of Planned Parenthood took $88 million in taxpayer dollars to fund their abortion-on-demand agenda—and the Biden administration made sure they got nearly every cent forgiven, even after the first Trump administration protested,” SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler told The Daily Signal. “Six years later, the Trump SBA holds the same conviction: Planned Parenthood Federation of America was never eligible to receive a dime in pandemic-era relief...

A Minnesota woman convicted in one of the state’s largest fraud schemes alleged in a jailhouse interview that Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were aware of widespread fraud well before federal prosecutors stepped in. Aimee Bock, the former head of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, spoke to Fox News from Sherburne County Jail in Minnesota, claiming state officials continued approving and paying claims even after concerns were raised about potential fraud. Bock alleged the state approved program sponsors and was responsible for monitoring claims, but officials repeatedly failed to investigate or stop suspicious companies after she flagged...

A judge's ruling temporarily blocking President Donald Trump's order to end billions in social services funds could have met its match if Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has his way. The president tried to end federal funds being sent to California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado, but U.S. District Judge Arun Submaranian ruled against him on Jan. 9. The group of states had requested a temporary restraining order against the spending freeze and was granted 14 days while the court considers a longer order. On Wednesday, Massie said he had crafted an amendment to legislation that would allow...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joins MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the escalation in aggressive ICE tactics in Minnesota after Renee Good's fatal shooting.

As the magnitude and complexity of Minnesota’s Somali immigrant welfare fraud scandal come into clearer focus, Republicans in Congress are more boldly talking about it being part of a larger scheme by Democrats to use illegal immigrants and purported refugees to hijack federal elections and manipulate apportionment that determines Americans’ congressional representation and federal funding. The Republicans' argument goes like this: Democrats reversed Donald Trump’s related first-term executive orders and ensured that noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, were counted into 2020 U.S. Census. Then-President Biden opened the southern border so that millions of illegals could flood the country in just a...

The car that dragged Nick Sortor and fled with his camera is registered to an Autism Center in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. You can’t make this up. In case you missed it… here’s the short documentary we produced exposing the real-world consequences of Tim Walz’s failure to address fraud. Which specifically outlines how legitimate Autism Centers will go under because of fraudsters.

🚨 ALERT: Sen. Chuck Schumer just threatened: If Dems win 2026 midterms, they’ll REVERSE 100% of Trump’s DOGE cuts, undoing every efficiency gain and wasting YOUR tax dollars AGAIN! NUKE THE FILIBUSTER before the democrats fck everything up!

A Somalian man named Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd in Minnesota submitted 40,000 fraudulent healthcare claims allowing him to steal $3.2 million dollars from American taxpayers A worker pulled the power cord from a computer as investigators tried to search it “Guardian Home Health Services, submitted over 40,000 fraudulent claims for personal care assistance” “When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen” His company also submitted fake time sheets

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) revealed that Democrats would “restore most of the cuts” that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had made. While taking part in a discussion at the Center for American Progress, Schumer received a question about what he “can do about bringing” the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) back, after DOGE came in and made cuts. “If you look at the budget actually, we’re working on right now — and we’ll have the T-HUD budget, you know, transportation and HUD budget, we restore most of the cuts and even go higher than previous...

Shoppers across the US are seeing higher charges at grocery store checkouts as a new phase of a carryout bag law tied to 2026 environmental goals takes effect, increasing the minimum fee for plastic bags statewide. Under the law, which took effect on January 1, retailers and restaurants must now charge at least 12 cents for each plastic film carryout bag, up from the previous 8-cent fee, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The minimum charge for paper carryout bags remains unchanged at 8 cents. The fee is part of legislation passed in 2020 aimed at reducing the...