House Democrats split over a resolution backing law enforcement as assaults on officers surged last year. Just 29 House Democrats on Wednesday voted for a GOP-authored measure paying tribute to the “extraordinary sacrifice” law enforcement officers make and criticizing the defund the police movement for jeopardizing public safety. Meanwhile, 173 Democrats voted with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., against the resolution, while every GOP lawmaker present supported...

A comprehensive final report released Tuesday by the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee concluding its work for the current session takes aim at a “culture of tolerance” under Gov. Tim Walz that it says allowed serial fraudsters to fleece taxpayers for billions of dollars.  The 84-page final report, which follows two dozen hearings and hundreds of whistleblower tips, paints a grim picture of state...

Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon declared on Thursday that Americans elected President Donald Trump “to sunset” the “education bureaucracy,” asserting that the administration is enacting “education renewal.” “Americans reelected President Trump with a clear mandate to sunset a 46-year-old, $3-trillion dollar, failed education bureaucracy in D.C. and return authority to where it belongs to parents, teachers and local leaders,” she said during her opening statement before the House...