Tim Walz announced this week he would not seek re-election as a result of the state’s billion-dollar welfare fraud scandal. For months, Walz shrugged off the rip-off of taxpayer funds as aregrettable consequence of Minnesota’s generous, Scandinavian-stylesafety net. Federal prosecutors estimated the total price tag topped $9 billion—a sum Walz disputes. In response, President Trump announced a pause of federal funding ofMinnesota child care, and at least one Somali-run day care in Minnesota was vandalized. Fraud damages “trust in American institutions,” but don’t expect a coherent response from “the most corrupt administration in American history.”The Week Escape your echo chamber.

More Americans diagnosed with cancer are now surviving the disease - marking a positive trend that experts say reflects the effectiveness of early prevention and detection strategies, and advancements in treatment and care. Meanwhile, the percentage of patients who survive a diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer is up to 10 percent from 2 percent. While smoking continues to be the main driver of lung cancer cases, more people who have never smoked are also being diagnosed, and scientists are working to understand why. Some experts have called for changes to lung cancer screening guidelines that would increase the number of people who can be screened. “In our current medical system, we don’t really have a great model for who’s best to follow cancer survivors,” Dahut said.

Enten pointed out that the share of Democrats identifying as liberal is up sharply from 30 percent in 1976 and 29 percent in 2001. “Look at where we are today,” Enten said, adding, “Three in five Democrats say they are liberal.”America has shifted fifteen points away from conservatism since 1996, according to Enten. Screengrab / CNN“In the 70s, 80s, even 90s, there were Democrats who liked to say, oh, no, no, we‘re conservative Democrats here. Democrats, Democrats, Democrats!” emphasized an animated Enten. Enten said that Democrats’ lead is a strong indicator that Democrats are primed to take over the House in the 2026 midterms.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump leveled his latest attack against a female journalist, saying she asked a “stupid” question, while he spoke to press aboard Air Force One on Sunday. And experts in American studies and mental health emphasize that his ongoing behavior toward female reporters needs our attention. What a stupid question.”AdvertisementThe journalist was not identified in a clip of the exchange, though Trump said the reporter was from CNN. Trump’s responses to being challenged by a woman communicates a lot, experts say. “Attacking women’s intelligence is the second-most common move.”Experts also stress Trump’s treatment of female reporters can’t be normalized and should never go unchallenged.

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An NFL media member sparked a fiery debate on social media following the Jacksonville Jaguars’ playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon. Jacksonville Free Press associate editor Lynn Jones-Turpin had a chance to make a comment during Jaguars head coach Liam Coen’s press conference. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM“I’m going to tell you, congratulations on your success, young man,” Jones-Turpin said. We got another season.”The 19-second clip made its way around social media and sparked some outrage from reporters, while others didn’t seem to mind so much. Meanwhile, some fans argued that media members shouldn’t take themselves too seriously and that the reporter-fan line had been crossed too many times before.

(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)SEOUL, South Korea -- An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024. Independent counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team requested the Seoul Central District Court to sentence Yoon to death, according to the court. On the night of Yoon's martial law declaration, thousands of people rushed to the National Assembly to object to the decree and demand his resignation in dramatic scenes. There had been speculation that Yoon resorted to martial law to protect his wife, Kim Keon Hee, from potential corruption investigations. Yoon’s decree and ensuing power vacuum plunged South Korea into political turmoil, halted the country’s high-level diplomacy and rattled its financial markets.

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Cuomo is returning to SiriusXM, putting him on the air with morning and evening talk shows. He will host a two-hour weekday show centered on listener calls on the satellite radio company's P.O.T.U.S. A former prime-time host at CNN and a reporter at ABC News earlier in his career, Cuomo has reemerged at the cable network NewsNation, where he hosts an evening talk show. “Too much of our politics is about teams instead of truth,” said Cuomo, also son of the late Democratic New York Gov. “'Cuomo Mornings' is going to be about breaking through those barriers, asking better questions and bringing people into the conversation instead of talking past them.”

Burst water main creates 'geyser' in San Diego A water main burst and gushed into the sky in a manner reminiscent of a geyser in San Diego, California on Monday.

How to successfully negotiate in every aspect of your life Jonathan Smith, a negotiation trainer with the Black Swan Group, is the author of "Fight Less, Win More: How Master Negotiators Influence Hearts, Minds, and Deals."

Pentagon bought device some investigators think is linked to Havana SyndromeThe Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device that was purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome, according to four sources briefed on the matter. CNN's Zach Cohen reports.

ETSeth Meyers took aim at Fox News' Sean Hannity Monday night, for his show's coverage of ongoing protests in Minneapolis. And yeah, the entire thing just absolutely abhors me – this has to stop immediately," the protestor told Tenney in the clip aired on "Hannity." "I'm sorry, but how dare you go on Fox News and state such a normal, reasonable opinion!" The man interviewed on Fox held up a bell that he said had been handed to him for free by a fellow demonstrator. Meyers, a sharp critic of the president, has joined a chorus of late-night hosts criticizing the Trump administration's large-scale deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents.

Estimated read time: 1-2 minutesWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is ending temporary protected status for ​thousands of Somalis in the United States, Fox News reported on Tuesday, requiring them to leave by March 17. Trump said ‌in November that ‍he was immediately terminating temporary deportation protections for Somalis living ⁠in the state, which is ⁠home to a large Somali-American community. On Tuesday, Fox News reported that the scheme would end for Somalis nationwide. "Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law's requirement for Temporary Protected ‌Status," she said. There are 2,471 Somali nationals in the ⁠United States under TPS ​and another 1,383 with pending TPS ⁠applications, Fox News reported, ‌citing U.S.

A year after the Eaton and Palisades fires, winter rains have restored green to the landscape in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, charred trees have shown new growth, and structures have begun to take the place of rubble piles. AdvertisementThe image below shows a striking contrast in the mountains surrounding Pacific Palisades, which were charred in the Palisades fire and have been replenished by rain. The view from space shows the difference a year makes. In the first image rubble from the fire is visible and the land is a charred brown. The mountains have regained some green color as have open spaces including Mountain View Cemetery and the Altadena Golf Course.