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Aimee Bock, founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization Feeding Our Future, arrives at the Minneapolis federal courthouse with her attorney, Ken Udoibok, right, on March 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) **FILE**

U.S. nabs major Minnesota fraudster — in Somalia

One of the orchestrators of the Feeding Our Future scam, the massive fraud that stole a quarter of a billion dollars in pandemic food assistance money in Minnesota, has been captured in Somalia.

June 27, 2026
This March 28, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Judge orders release of more Epstein-files names that were redacted

A federal judge in Washington on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to release information redacted or withheld from the public Epstein files, including names of people prosecutors once identified as "co-conspirators" and more details about an FBI interview with a woman who claimed President Trump assaulted her.

June 25, 2026
A man takes an image with his phone next to where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States reaches the Pacific Ocean in Tijuana, Mexico, on Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Supreme Court says U.S. border doesn’t include Mexico

Migrants who are still in Mexico but near the U.S. border don't enjoy the same rights as those who have already crossed into America, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision reaffirming the primacy of international boundaries.

June 25, 2026
A shopper makes a purchase with food stamps on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

The country's food stamp overpayment rate topped 9% last year, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday, as states continue to struggle with fraud and waste in the program.

June 24, 2026
Border Patrol agents talk with migrants seeking asylum as they prepare them for transportation to be processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Trump’s DOJ erases Biden backdoor immigration courts amnesty

The Trump administration has quietly reached a deal to erase a Biden-era policy that let immigration judges put off rulings on deportation cases and gave migrants an indefinite amnesty to remain in the U.S. despite lacking a legal visa to do so.

June 23, 2026