Ohio’s Senate has done what the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has failed to do: pass photo ID legislation.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is demanding the removal of acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte from his post in exchange for supporting an extension of a government spy tool set to lapse this week. When asked Monday if there was any scenario he would support an extension of Section 702 of the […]
A 205-page House report alleges Keith Ellison and Tim Walz knew about Minnesota's massive fraud schemes years earlier than they publicly claimed.
Republican members of Congress are accusing Minnesota Democrats of knowing about massive fraud in the state and looking the other way.On Monday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report on fraud scams in Minnesota.The report claims that top Democratic officials knew about the scams as far back as 2019."It's always worse than we thought," reads a statement from the committee. "Democrat-run Minnesota knew about rampant fraud since 2019. State officials failed to act. $9 billion was stolen from taxpayers."The report said billions of dollars were potentially paid out to fraudsters while Minnesota Democrats like Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison did nothing to stop the scams."The report includes testimony and documents obtained by the Committee showing that Minnesota state leaders consistently failed to address known fraud concerns and retaliated against state employees who sought to protect taxpayer funds, allowing criminal schemes to flourish and diverting critical resources from vulnerable Americans," reads the press release announcing the report.The report claims that top Democratic officials knew about the scams as far back as 2019.Rather than trying to stop the fraud, Democrats allegedly allowed the scams to continue in order to avoid the possibility of litigation as well as discrimination claims. The report also accused Walz of retaliating against whistleblowers who alerted officials about the fraud.The committee called on Vice President JD Vance to fully review social services programs in Minnesota. Vance is heading up the president's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.RELATED: Tim Walz says Minnesota is 'at war' with the federal government after fatal ICE shooting Blaze News' requests for comment to the governor's office and the attorney general's office were not immediately answered.House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York was asked by reporters to respond to the accusations, and he refused to address them directly. "House Republicans are not serious about rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the United States of America," he said. "You know why? Because the biggest fraud being perpetrated on the people of this country right now is coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Denmark’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets will be about 14 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) more expensive than planned, according to the national auditors, who criticized the Nordic country’s government for giving inadequate information to parliament.
Border Czar Tom Homan blasted leftists who have likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to Nazis, dangerously incendiary rhetoric that is putting their lives in danger. […]
A female fan of Senate hopeful Graham Platner downplayed concerns about his old Nazi-linked tattoo at a local rally Sunday — but said if he had ink of an Israeli flag, that would cross a red line for her
In a quiet Washington suburb, a married couple thought they were raising their three children in a safe and supportive community. Instead, they say they found themselves locked in a years-long battle with school officials and state policies over their daughter's gender identity. The couple spoke anonymously to Heywire News.According to the parents, their 10-year-old daughter was assigned one of her elementary school therapists after she reportedly spoke to a classmate about harming herself. Over the next few months, the parents were left in the dark by the school, not receiving any information on their daughter's progress, they claimed. 'The school was hiding things from us, the teacher was hiding things from us.'One day, the therapist finally informed the parents, but it was not what they expected to hear. "[The therapist] was using male pronouns and a different name to explain to me that our daughter wanted to come out to us as a boy, and she was giving us a few days to process this," the mother said.According to Washington state law, all school districts must adopt a policy that prevents employees from disclosing "a student's transgender or gender nonconforming status to ... the student's parents" unless the student consents.Traumatized by the news and worried for their daughter's future, the parents decided on homeschooling. Years later, she returned to school as a high school freshman.RELATED: Librarian refuses to move LGBTQ+ propaganda away from kids — and seals her fate The choice to allow the girl to attend public school again would only end up worsening the situation. “The school was hiding things from us, the teacher was hiding things from us. … There were other students that were working against us,” the mother said. A staff member in an after-school program even provided the girl with a burner phone and set up a host family so that she could run away from home, the parents claimed.“They had devised a plan for her to run away. Adults planning with the child to take them from the parents. And hide them and allow the state to control them,” the father exclaimed to Heywire on the brink of tears.Since Washington state law allows minors seeking gender-related treatment to remain in a licensed youth shelter for up to 90 days without parental permission, the father decided to uproot his family and move across the country to the East Coast in fear of losing control of his daughter. “The state can house your child, not divulge any details as to their location, physical health, mental health. You’re essentially separated from your child, and the state knows where they are, but the parents don’t. That was the primary concern,” the father explained.He added, “There’s a lot of kids that we know and families that we know that have been torn apart by this. Not only in our neighborhood, but in the county, in the state. I mean we're not a one-off here. This has become pervasive."Vicki Murray, the director of the Center for Education at the Washington Policy Center, focuses her research on school choice and parental rights in education. In a statement to Blaze News, Murray said, "When there is a real concern about a student's safety, mandatory reporting and child welfare protocols are the appropriate mechanism — not a blanket policy of withholding information from parents. ... Outside of documented safety concerns, the default should be transparency with parents."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Maine voters are split on whether Democrat Graham Platner's controversies, including a Nazi-linked tattoo and allegations, disqualify him from the Senate.