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Failures in socialism: Mamdani should heed Venezuela’s cautionary tale

The upheaval in Venezuela could not have come at a better time for New Yorkers.

Whole Hog Politics: Minnesota goes from Democratic debacle to GOP angst 

A week ago, it looked like Minnesota Democrats had stumbled into a scandal that might cost their party any chance to win back the U.S. Senate and at the very least turn a safe gubernatorial race into a desperate fight. A reliable mid-single digit win for Democrats on the presidential level even in tough years,...

Hundreds protest fatal shooting by ICE officer in Minneapolis

Hundreds of people took to the streets on Thursday to protest the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis earlier this week. The anger among demonstrators grew even more Thursday, after reports emerged of a separate shooting involving Border Patrol in Portland, Ore., which left...

‘Tip of the iceberg’: Senate Republicans press Gov Walz over Minnesota fraud scandal

Senate Republicans give Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz until Jan. 22 to provide a paper trail on Minnesota's handling of alleged fraud and reiterated that Congress controls the flow of taxpayer funds.

Democratic socialist Mamdani ally mounts bid for US House of Representatives

Democratic socialist New York state Assemblymember Claire Valdez, an ally of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has mounted a bid for U.S. House.

GOP senator blocks Trump DHS nominees until Noem testifies before Senate

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., made clear that the holds were not about the ICE-related shooting in Minnesota, but instead over two ignored invitations for the head of DHS to appear before the Senate.

Inside the sea war to contain ‘dark fleet’ vessels — and what the US seizure signals to Russia

U.S. seizure of Russian tanker marks rare escalation in sanctions enforcement against "dark fleet," but experts say move unlikely to trigger confrontation.

Watchdog exposes taxpayer-funded teacher program for banning White applicants: ‘Likely illegal’

Minnesota teacher program allegedly restricts eligibility to BIPOC applicants only, sparking federal law violation concerns from education watchdog group.

Trump administration strikes another hammer blow at Afghan allies

Following the Trump administration’s clampdown on Afghan immigrant visa processing, new developments may have left U.S. allies with no further hope of accessing the Special Immigrant Visa program. Shawn VanDiver, president of #AfghanEvac, told me that as of the start of the year, he is aware of more than a dozen visa applicants who were denied from […]

Venezuela raid is about the oil — keeping it from Russia and China

While you were sleeping off your residual New Year’s hangovers the first wee Saturday hours of 2026, President Donald Trump started his military decapitation of Venezuela’s communist dictatorship. And while you were still sleeping, the president ended it, seizing and arresting accused criminal drug trafficker Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia in fewer than 2 […]

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