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LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump went on a racist tirade Wednesday morning, claiming Minnesota’s fraud is caused by undocumented immigrants from Somalia and calling Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who is Somali American, an “ungrateful loser.”“Much of the Minnesota Fraud, up to 90%, is caused by people that came into our Country, illegally, from Somalia,” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. “‘Congresswoman’ Omar, an ungrateful loser who only complains and never contributes, is one of the many scammers. Send them back from where they came, Somalia, perhaps the worst, and most corrupt, country on earth. Tim Walz (D) wrote on social media Tuesday that the moves are part of Trump’s “long game.”Advertisement“We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters,” Walz wrote. Trump targeted Somalis in comments earlier this month, calling them “garbage” and saying he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the country.
A number of former USC players took to social media during and after the game to express their frustrations. On Wednesday morning, Leinart wrote that his comment actually "had nothing to with USC game lol." Su'a Cravens, a USC standout at safety/linebacker from 2013-15, also pointed to the next year as make-or-break for the Riley-coached Trojans. White also vented about the Trojans' Alamo Bowl performance — writing "Do y'all ever practice tackling ever or is it always about offense?" Former USC longsnapper Jake Olson was asked on X for his thoughts on Riley and the Trojans after Tuesday night's collapse.
The national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has issued a stern warning to party members contemplating defection, declaring that political betrayal has never yielded lasting success. Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State and the NNPP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, spoke at his residence during a gathering of supporters, where he reacted to reports that some NNPP members are planning to leave the party. His comments come amid widespread reports that the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, is finalising plans to dump the Kwankwasiyya Movement and align with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). “I want to remind those who left us that nobody has betrayed us and succeeded,” Kwankwaso said. As of the time of filing this report, neither Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf nor the Kano State Government had officially responded to the claims of an imminent defection to the APC.
As America’s welfare state has ballooned to more than 80 major federal programs, they’ve become a target-rich environment for alleged scam artists like those in Minneapolis. It had the fourth highest rate of documented fraud across all federal programs from 2018 to 2022, coming in at $10.5 billion. Massachusetts had a 14 percent error rate on SNAP payments in fiscal year 2024 — the seventh highest in the country. Across every state, overpayments represented a larger share of the error rate than underpayments. By offering a fixed amount of funding, Washington could encourage states to spend more carefully and vet recipients more thoroughly.
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Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWhen asked about the declining vaccination rates, Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon emphasized Kennedy’s focus on personal choice and opposition to mandates. In Maine, Alabama and Connecticut, vaccination rates went up since the pandemic. But she said her sons are vaccinated, adding that the low vaccination rates worry her, she said. The CDC’s reported vaccination rates are based on a survey of a representative sample of schools in each state. County-level or school-level kindergarten vaccination rates were considered to be below herd immunity if they were less than 95 percent.
A spokeswoman said "an overhead line fell onto a Eurostar train linking London and Paris, near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel". New Year travellers had to scramble to find alternatives on Tuesday, after the operator postponed all services between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. But Eurostar said on Wednesday that services had "resumed today following a power issue in the Channel Tunnel yesterday and some further issues with rail infrastructure overnight". Eurostar has held a monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel linking Britain and France since it opened in 1994. An electrical fault forced the cancellation of Eurostar services and severe delays on others in August, while cable theft on train tracks in northern France caused problems in June.
The prestigious magazine "Forbes" has published the list of the highest-earning musicians of 2015. For this year, American singer Katy Perry ranks first, moving up from 23rd place a year ago, earning $135 million. In second place is the band One Direction with $130 million earned, while Garth Brooks takes third place with $90 million. The top five highest-earning musicians are rounded out by Taylor Swift and The Eagles. Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, P Diddy, Fleetwood Mac and Lady Gaga are on the list of the ten highest-earning musicians for 2015.
Wake Forest head coach Steve Forbes met with the media after the 70-57 loss to NC State in their ACC opener. But we just couldn't get anything going offensively, especially turnovers. Yeah, guys like Paul, they'll stretch your defense, right? Yeah, I mean, yeah, you gotta, I mean, come on, man, we're getting stops. Look, 12 for 26 at the rim, I mean, that's less than 50%, and I'm bad at math.
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From Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve to Don Lemon’s New Year’s Eve special, here’s how to watch the action without actually being there. From pop stars in Times Square and country music in Nashville to something a little looser from New Orleans, nearly every major New Year’s Eve broadcast is available on TV and streaming. How to watch the Times Square ball drop in New YorkIf all you care about is the iconic ball drop, you don’t need to overthink it. For the most straightforward option, the official Times Square website will stream the ball drop live starting at 6pm ET on December 31. How to watch Nashville’s Big BashCountry fans should head to CBS for "Nashville’s Big Bash," airing live at 8pm ET.
Denmark's postal service ends letter delivery after 400 yearsDenmark’s national postal service, PostNord, has delivered its final letter, marking the end of a 400-year tradition as digital communication replaces physical mail. The move makes Denmark the first country to conclude that letter delivery is no longer essential—or economically viable—in the digital age.
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump used his downtime Wednesday to attack the Colorado officials who refuse to honor his pretend pardon of Tina Peters, going so far as to label Colorado Gov. “Hard to wish her a Happy New Year, but to the Scumbag Governor, and the disgusting ‘Republican’ (RINO!) Hyoung Chang/Getty Images;JIM WATSON/Getty ImagesIn November, the Colorado Department of Corrections denied a federal request to transfer her from state prison to federal custody. Trump’s “pardon” earlier this month came days after a federal magistrate judge refused Peters’ request to be released from prison while she appeals her case. Following the string of failures, Trump followed through on a promise to retaliate against the state if Polis didn’t pardon and release Peters.
