Republicans, who haven’t won a statewide race in Minnesota in two decades, see a moment to break through. But there are still many factors stacked against them.

The welfare-theft scheme was public in 2024, but Trump and Republicans didn’t realize its potency as a political attack.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked a scandal around the theft of federal funds intended for social-welfare programs in Minnesota as a rationale for sending thousands of immigration enforcement agents into the Midwest state.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced he wouldn’t seek re-election as Republicans intensify attacks over allegations of large-scale fraud in the state’s welfare system, giving the GOP a potential path to the governership for the first time in 15 years.

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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.

Walz, who was the Democratic nominee for vice president on Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign, has come under fire for his handling of allegations of large-scale fraud in Minnesota's social service programs.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday signed into law the 2026 budget worth 6.793 trillion pesos ($115 billion) as his administration aims to revive an economy stunted by a government corruption scandal.

Italy’s most famous influencer, Chiara Ferragni, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a 2-million-euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer.