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Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, on Monday threatened jail time for anyone who enters the capital with a gun. In remarks on Fox News that could deepen a growing rift between gun owners and the Trump administration, Ms. Pirro declared that if anyone brings "a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail. I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else."


"The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over,'" Trump said. "We should take over the voting ... in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked and they're counting votes." read more


Friday, January 30, 2026

A former USDA official tells HuffPost that his superiors ignored the case that would inspire today's deadly immigration crackdown. read more


The former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested late Thursday night on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn., his lawyer said, in a case rejected last week by a magistrate judge. read more


O'Hara, known for iconic films like "Beetlejuice" and "Home Alone," has died. read more


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More: A 2024 audit report by the Minnesota legislature examining the Feeding Our Future scandal said officials with the Education Department complained that the USDA was unresponsive when they asked about how to deal with problems presented by the nonprofit.

"For example, one MDE official told us that in communications between MDE and USDA about initiating administrative action against Feeding Our Future, USDA pushed responsibility back to MDE, telling the department that it should make decisions consistent with federal regulations," the report said.

The report also said that when the state asked about unusual attendance patterns reported at child meal sites namely, perfect daycare attendance over an extended period, which was a red flag for fraud the USDA said the attendance pattern was plausible under pandemic rule changes in effect at the time. "When MDE reached out to USDA to notify it of unusual attendance patterns, USDA responded that perfect attendance would be possible due to the waivers," according to the report.

In April 2020, after the state hesitated to approve eight new feeding sites for Feeding Our Future, the organization threatened to file a lawsuit accusing the government of racial discrimination against the Somali community that the organization served.

A former USDA official, who requested anonymity during an interview with HuffPost, recalled a state official asking the federal government for support to defend against the allegations. The state sought a letter of support from the USDA saying the number of meals Feeding Our Future claimed to be serving was implausible and could be a sign of fraud. "These numbers don't look right, and the state is justified in taking the action that it is taking," the former USDA official recalled thinking. "We discussed it as being fraud."

The official urged higher-ups at USDA to support the state's suspicion of fraud, but they declined. They didn't want to get involved.

"I was very frustrated and disappointed that we didn't act faster," the former official said. "We were waiting for it to hit the papers. When it did, nobody was surprised."

CNN reports DHS suspended Bovino's access to his social media accounts effective immediately. He had used X to troll critics, share mugshots of arrested immigrants, and publicize his cable news appearances. Over the weekend, he was still scrapping with lawmakers online, accusing Alex Pretti of assaulting officers - a claim the video doesn't support. They didn't just sideline him operationally. They took away his megaphone.

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