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Abbott Threatens $200 Million in Funding Cuts Across Texas’s Largest Cities Over ICE Policies
By Kimberly Hayek Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on April 16 threatened to cut more than $200 million in public safety grants from Houston, Dallas, and Austin if the cities continue local policies that Abbott’s office says illegally limit police collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Dallas and Austin received formal warning letters on…
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USDA Disqualifies 1,562 Retailers, Prevents $835 Million in Fraudulent SNAP Transactions
By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has disqualified 1,562 retailers associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and disabled 760 illegal point-of-sale devices since Oct. 1, 2025. This has resulted in the prevention of nearly $835 million in fraudulent SNAP transactions, Stephen Vaden, deputy secretary of the Department…
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$521 Billion Fraud Landscape: What to Know
By Sylvia Xu The federal government lost up to half a trillion dollars to fraud each year over a five-year period, according to an April 15 report from the Government Accountability Office. That’s enough to employ a million people for seven years or purchase a million homes. Federally funded, state-run programs are major targets, according…
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Coast Guard Offloads $28 Million Worth of Seized Cocaine in Miami Beach
By Naveen Athrappully The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded roughly 3,825 pounds of cocaine valued at over $28 million at Base Miami Beach on Thursday. The seized cocaine is enough to kill more than 1.4 million U.S. citizens, the U.S. Coast Guard said in an April 16 statement. The seizure was the…
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Trump Says Israel, Lebanon Agree to 10-Day Ceasefire After Calls
By Owen Evans U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire. In an April 16 post on Truth Social, Trump said he had “excellent conversations” with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that the two sides agreed to formally begin a ceasefire at…
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Alzheimer’s Drugs Have No ‘Meaningful Effect’ on Cognitive Decline: Review
By Zachary Stieber A class of Alzheimer’s drugs that have only been available for several years did not appear to have any “clinically meaningful effects,” according to a new review of clinical trial data. Monoclonal antibodies that target plaque called amyloid beta in the brain showed little impact across 17 trials, Francesco Nonino, a neurologist…
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Trump Says He’s Prepared to Nominate Multiple Supreme Court Justices
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump in an interview that was aired Wednesday said he is ready to name replacements for any Supreme Court justice should they retire. “It could be two, could be three, could be one. I don’t know—I’m prepared to do it,” he told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo in an interview that…
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S&P 500 Hits Record High as US Stocks Recover From Iran War Sell-Off
By Andrew Moran The S&P 500 index rallied to a fresh record high on April 15 as U.S. stocks extended their rebound from last month’s war‑driven sell-off. The benchmark index jumped by almost 0.8 percent, or 55 points, to 7,022 at the market close. It has surged by more than 3 percent over the past…
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Hampton Taxpayers Deserve Answers
By Stephen Zogopoulos, USNN World News Let’s start with facts the State of New Hampshire and local officials cannot easily dismiss: Let that sink in. Residents of Hampton are paying more than double—and in some cases nearly triple—the tax rate of New Castle, one of the wealthiest towns in the state. And yet… For years,…
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US Says Iran Port Blockade Fully Enforced as Trump Signals Possible Return to Talks
By Evgenia Filimianova The United States said on April 15 that a sweeping naval blockade of Iranian ports had been fully implemented, effectively halting the vast majority of the country’s seaborne trade. U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a post on X that U.S. forces maintain “maritime superiority in the Middle East.”…
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