Minnesota has found itself at the epicenter of the political world, reeling from tensions sparked by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shooting a woman — an incident

ICE arrests convicted criminals in Minnesota including alleged child rapists and killers with decades-old deportation orders still roaming free.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dropped his reelection bid for a third term Monday as a welfare-fraud scandal in his state has intensified and become a political flashpoint seized upon by President Donald Trump.

A week ago, it looked like Minnesota Democrats had stumbled into a scandal that might cost their party any chance to win back the U.S. Senate and at the very least turn a safe gubernatorial race into a desperate fight.

What's going on in Minnesota? A slow-burning scandal around allegations of abuses of welfare programs has rocked Governor Tim Walz. The controversy has blown up online, where conservative social media commentors raced to the state to expose empty day care centers.

It took just a few seconds and a violent, unnecessary death to drag a snowy residential street in Minneapolis into America’s new age of political brutality.

While Shirley’s work has jolted Minnesota politics, and helped spark a national conversation about state funding for social services, his methods broke from traditional norms and standards. But it also opened a debate over what constitutes an independent journalist, with Shirley and his history as an influencer falling under scrutiny.

Allegations of child care fraud in Minnesota aired by a conservative influencer have shaken up Minnesota politics at the highest level, with Gov. Tim Walz’s announcement on Jan. 5 that he would drop his reelection bid and focus on fighting fraud in Minnesota programs.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer previews his investigation of fraud in Minnesota social programs.