Author: Mia Cathell, Washington Examiner

Senate Republicans set their sights on immigration fraud at a judiciary hearing on Tuesday, assembling witnesses who highlighted widespread abuse of immigrant-tied government benefits in the midst of Minnesota’s massive Somali fraud scandal. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), chairman of the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, noted during opening remarks that Somali scammers overwhelmingly made…

EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans have uncovered a nationwide “epidemic” of healthcare fraud extending far beyond the fraud-fraught states of Minnesota and California, according to congressional research into underreported cases of Medicare and Medicaid abuse shared with the Washington Examiner. For instance, in Florida, a foreign national from Cuba was federally sentenced in May 2025 for…

During the government shutdown of fall 2025, the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm went on a spending spree, generously wining and dining deep-pocketed donors at luxury locales across the country, according to recently disclosed expense reports reviewed by the Washington Examiner. While federal employees were either furloughed or worked without pay, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly included a demilitarized zone in the country’s eastern Donetsk region as part of the latest proposal in a possible peace agreement with Russia. Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday that he would withdraw troops from areas in Donetsk, a region subject to territorial disputes that have derailed talks of a peace…