WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Thursday, &#8220;ground zero&#8221; for the anti-ICE violence, protesting, and rioting.
Vance will first head to an industrial shipping facility in Toledo, Ohio, where he will deliver remarks on President Donald Trump&#8217;s commitment to lowering prices, increasing paychecks, and creating more jobs across the Midwest.
He will then head to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to hold a roundtable discussion with local leaders and community members, deliver remarks, and meet with ICE agents to &#8220;reinforce the White House’s unwavering support for federal immigration officials,&#8221; a White House official told The Daily Wire.
The White House believes Democrats in Minnesota have purposefully neglected the fraud in the state, undermining federal immigration authorities in their investigations into &#8220;criminal wrongdoing,&#8221; an official shared.
&#8220;Minnesota has become ground zero for attacks on ICE officials and illegal, violent anti-ICE protests,&#8221; that official said.
When Vance speaks in Minneapolis, he plans to highlight the administration&#8217;s &#8220;commitment to restoring law and order&#8221; in the city. He will point to the blue city&#8217;s sanctuary city policies and how they have &#8220;degraded public safety and endangered ICE officers,&#8221; the official shared.
<div id="attachment_1031401" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-heads-to-minneapolis-to-meet-with-ice-agents-and-show-support/federal-agents-descend-on-minneapolis-for-immigration-enforcement-operations-11" rel="attachment wp-att-1031401"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1031401" class="wp-image-1031401 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255109760-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255109760-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255109760-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255109760-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255109760.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA &#8211; JANUARY 07: An onlooker holds a sign that reads &#8220;Shame&#8221; as members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)</div>
The vice president will also celebrate the &#8220;essential work ICE agents have done to take dangerous, criminal illegal aliens off of America’s streets.&#8221;
The move comes after Vance, during a press briefing at the White House last week, announced a new position at the Justice Department: the Assistant Attorney General, focused on cracking down on fraud and abuse of taxpayer-funded programs.
“To make sure that we prosecute the bad guys and do it as swiftly and efficiently as possible … we are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud,” Vance said from the podium in the White House briefing room. “Now, of course, that person’s efforts will start and focus primarily in Minnesota, but it is going to be a nationwide effort, because unfortunately, the American people have been defrauded in a very nationwide way.”
The vice president noted that the new position is part of the Trump administration&#8217;s plan to go after fraud in states like California, Minnesota, and Ohio.
“If you’re a young parent struggling to afford childcare in the United States of America, there are programs that we have to make it easier for your kids to get in daycare, for your kids to get in preschool,” Vance said at the time. “Those programs should go to American citizens, not be defrauded by Somali immigrants, and others.”

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Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are pregnant with the couple’s fourth child, the second lady announced on Tuesday.
The Vances put out a statement announcing that they are expecting their fourth child, a boy, to be born in July. The baby boy will join his three older siblings Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel.
“We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July,” the <a href="https://x.com/slotus/status/2013712959608946721">announcement</a> posted to Usha Vance’s social media pages said.
“During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our family and for the staff members who do so much to ensure that we can serve the country while enjoying a wonderful life with our children,” it continued.
The vice president, 41, and his wife, 40, have been married since 2014. With the birth of their new son, the couple will have joined a small club of presidents and vice presidents to have had a child while in office.
The couple received congratulations from across the administration after the announcement.
“The most pro-family administration in history!” the official White House X account <a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2013714277740237237">posted</a>. “CONGRATULATIONS!”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard <a href="https://x.com/TulsiGabbard/status/2013726983885091115">shared</a> the news, saying, “Congratulations to our friends @JDVance and @SLOTUS on this wonderful news! Abraham and I are thrilled for you and your family.”
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrote, “Congratulations, @VP and @SLOTUS! There is no greater joy than being a parent. Honored to work for an administration that puts family first!”

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Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday evening, killing the War Powers Resolution that was designed to curtail President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration if any further military action was warranted in Venezuela.
Vance presided over the Senate as the vote was tallied to 50 yeas and 50 nays — with Republican Senators Rand Paul (KY), Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) voting with Democrats. After announcing that the vote was tied, Vance briefly conferred with someone at the desk before announcing his vote.
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🚨 BREAKING: Vice President JD VANCE just DEFEATED the anti-Trump War Powers vote in the Senate on Venezuela, casting the tie-breaking vote, 51-50
The resolution has officially FAILED.
THANK YOU JD! You can always rely on VP Vance! 🇺🇸
Trump wins again 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/8f7Eprt1Jg">pic.twitter.com/8f7Eprt1Jg</a>
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&#8220;On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes —&#8221; Vance quickly covered the microphone as he looked over the legislation on the desk in front of him
&#8220;Affirmative. And the point of order is sustained,&#8221; he said, chuckling, after the brief pause. &#8220;I had to make sure.&#8221;
Two other Republican Senators had initially indicated that they would vote with Democrats on the measure, but were convinced to change their votes prior to Wednesday evening.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Fox News host Will Cain that he&#8217;d been assured by the White House that there would be no move to put troops on the ground in Venezuela without going through the proper congressional channels.
&#8220;For me, it&#8217;s always been about troops,&#8221; Hawley explained, adding, &#8220;I talked to the president &#8230; I thank for the admin for the outreach. We are not going to occupy Venezuela. That&#8217;s good enough for me.&#8221;
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🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Josh Hawley has FLIPPED on the War Powers resolution against President Trump&#8217;s Venezuela operation
Hawley is now a NAY, after voting YEA to advance it, drawing a sharp response from Trump
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Senator Todd Young (R-IN) also changed his vote prior to Wednesday, saying that he&#8217;d been convinced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio — who indicated a willingness to testify on the matter before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Rubio also said in a letter to Young that if the United States were to engage in &#8220;major military operations&#8221; in Venezuela, the administration would &#8220;seek congressional authorization in advance (circumstances permitting).&#8221;

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The White House&#8217;s meeting with Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday did not change any minds on President Donald Trump&#8217;s push to acquire Greenland, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen spoke at a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn824zzp670t#player">press conference</a> alongside Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Denmark oversees Greenland&#8217;s defense while the territory is largely self-governing. In recent weeks, Trump has ramped up his push to make Greenland a territory of the United States for national security purposes.
The meeting on Wednesday was &#8220;frank and constructive,&#8221; but ultimately the sides agreed to disagree, with Denmark sticking firm to its &#8220;red lines,&#8221; according to Rasmussen.
&#8220;We, the Kingdom of Denmark, continue to believe that also the long-term security of Greenland can be ensured inside the current framework, the 1951 agreement on the defense of Greenland as well as the NATO treaty,&#8221; he said. &#8220;For us, ideas that would not respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic people are, of course, totally unacceptable.&#8221;
&#8220;We therefore still have a fundamental disagreement, but we also agree to disagree,&#8221; Rasmussen added.
Motzfeldt said that it remains important for Greenland to &#8220;strengthen our cooperation with the United States, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that we want to be owned by the United States.&#8221;
Denmark and Greenland agreed to continue the discussions to see &#8220;if we can find a common way forward,&#8221; the Danish foreign minister said. The discussions are expected to continue in the coming weeks. Rasmussen said he agreed with the Trump administration&#8217;s concerns about the security situation in the Arctic, but added that he does not see China and Russia representing an &#8220;instant threat.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no Chinese presence in Greenland, but there&#8217;s a concern: would that be the case in 10 or 20 years from now?&#8221; Rasmussen asked. &#8220;It will not because our Greenlandic friends have introduced investments &#8230; and Denmark is, by all means, on the right side of history.&#8221;
Trump disagrees and has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-greenland-is-non-negotiable-for-u-s-security?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump%3A+Greenland+Is+Non-Negotiable+For+U.S.+Security">argued</a> that if the United States doesn&#8217;t take control of Greenland, &#8220;Russia or China will.&#8221;
“The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building. NATO should be leading the way for us to get it,&#8221; Trump said in a Truth Social post Wednesday morning. Trump argued that NATO would also be safer if the United States made a move on Greenland.
“NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES. Anything less than that is unacceptable,&#8221; Trump said.
As Denmark and Greenland met with the White House, multiple NATO countries <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-nato-allies-expand-military-presence-around-greenland?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=European+NATO+Allies+Expand+Military+Presence+Around+Greenland">said</a> that they would expand their military presence around Greenland.

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President Donald Trump argued on Wednesday morning that Greenland is &#8220;vital&#8221; for his plans to build a &#8220;Golden Dome&#8221; of defense to protect the United States as he ramps up his push for the United States to acquire the territory.
Trump also said that NATO would benefit from the United States controlling Greenland, arguing it would keep Russia and China at bay. The president made his early morning comments on Greenland as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepare to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-greenland-face-vance-high-stakes-meeting-2026-01-14/">meet</a> with Denmark&#8217;s and Greenland&#8217;s foreign ministers at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to acquire the large territory. Greenland is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, with control over most domestic affairs, while Denmark has authority over foreign policy and defense.
&#8220;The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building. NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115893255826342514">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, NATO would not be an effective force or deterrent — Not even close! They know that, and so do I,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES. Anything less than that is unacceptable. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-new-details-about-golden-dome-missile-defense-system-to-protect-u-s">Golden Dome for America</a>&#8221; would set up a missile defense system encircling the United States, a much larger version of  Israel&#8217;s &#8220;Iron Dome.&#8221; The president hopes to complete the $175 billion defense project by the end of his term. Trump said the &#8220;Golden Dome&#8221; would complete the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; defense plan conceived by former President Ronald Reagan. The first $25 billion for the plan was appropriated under Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
“Once fully constructed, the golden dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world, and even if they are launched from space, and we will have the best system ever built,” Trump said in May.
In the past month, Trump has focused much of his attention on acquiring Greenland, an idea he floated a few times last year. On December 21, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-republican-governor-as-special-envoy-to-greenland-make-greenland-a-part-of-the-u-s">appointed</a> Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry to serve as special envoy to Greenland, saying that Landry “understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World.”
Trump told reporters at the White House last week that the United States would &#8220;do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.&#8221; He said the United States would take control of Greenland the “easy way” — by making a deal — or the “hard way,” which he didn’t elaborate on. The White House has not ruled out using military force to achieve its goals with Greenland.
On Sunday, the president again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-u-s-must-acquire-greenland-to-stop-russia-or-china-from-taking-control">stressed</a> the importance of the United States taking control of Greenland, adding that he was &#8220;not going to let&#8221; Russia or China invade the territory. Trump said he &#8220;would love&#8221; to make a deal with Denmark, which oversees Greenland, to acquire the territory. Leaders in Denmark and Greenland, however, have opposed Trump&#8217;s push to take control of Greenland.

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The following is an adapted transcript excerpt from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1887" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Michael Knowles Show</a>.
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When it comes to the unrest in Minneapolis, the more you allow people to get away with this kind of behavior — direct threats, incitement to violence, blocking traffic, blocking law enforcement, even driving their cars into law enforcement — the more of it you&#8217;re going to get. People will become accustomed to the behavior and to the idea that it is acceptable.
Of course, now other bougie white ladies who have been doing the same thing are concluding from this incident that, well, maybe they shouldn&#8217;t.
This Charlotte woman is now terrified to obstruct law enforcement:
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This woman says shes also been driving around looking to interfere with ICE operations in Charlotte and now shes horrified.
Maybe she should stop, then. <a href="https://t.co/I9Umys6VDZ">pic.twitter.com/I9Umys6VDZ</a>
— Cassandra MacDonald (@CassandraRules) <a href="https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/2009012340046586034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2026</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>I am shocked because only a few weeks ago, I was driving around this town that I live in, in Charlotte, doing very similar things, looking for ICE agents, trying to prevent them from kidnapping people off the street. And there was a lot of other people out there doing that on a daily basis, as is our right to drive around the streets of our city. It&#8217;s frightening right now.</blockquote>
The last part is really all that matters. “It&#8217;s frightening right now.”
You can tell how confused this woman is. She might be sincere, but she&#8217;s so confused.
She says the woman was trying to drive away. She wasn&#8217;t actually driving away. We now have all the video footage from all the angles. Even CNN is running it. The woman was clearly trying to obstruct federal law enforcement. And guess what? You don&#8217;t have a right to obstruct federal law enforcement, or local law enforcement, for that matter. You don&#8217;t have that right. You may think you have that right because Democrat politicians have lied to you and have encouraged this behavior and have allowed the anarchy to fester and are now largely responsible for that woman being killed. 
So let’s correct the record right now: You don&#8217;t have that right.
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Vice President JD Vance said all of this beautifully. He gave one of the best performances I&#8217;ve certainly ever seen from a vice president — one of the best performances in this administration. He came out with his typical lucidity and moral clarity. 
Here is his take on Minneapolis:
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JD VANCE: &#8220;There&#8217;s a part of me that feels very sad for this woman, not just because she lost her life, but because she&#8217;s a victim of left wing ideology. What young mother shows up and decides to throw their car in front of ICE officers who are enforcing legitimate law?
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— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) <a href="https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/2009339510816211022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>The one final point I&#8217;ll make about this is, look, there&#8217;s a part of me that feels very, very sad for this woman, not just because she lost her life, but because I think she is a victim of left wing ideology. What young mother shows up and decides they&#8217;re going to throw their car in front of Ice officers who are enforcing legitimate law. You&#8217;ve got to be a little brainwashed to get to that point&#8230;</blockquote>
Spot on. This is exactly the right tone. 
We&#8217;re not saying, “That evil domestic terrorist woman, yeah we love that she&#8217;s dead!” We know, it’s sad. It&#8217;s sad that she was perhaps so brainwashed that she thought the ICE officers really were the Gestapo. Where did she get that from? She got it from cable news. She probably thought that illegal aliens have a right to be in this country. They don&#8217;t. But she has heard that from all the Democrat bullhorns. She&#8217;s heard that from anyone who says that illegal aliens are &#8220;undocumented Americans.&#8221; &#8220;Well, if they&#8217;re Americans, they have a right to be here.&#8221; They&#8217;re not Americans. That&#8217;s the point.
She probably thought these people were totally innocent. They&#8217;re not. 
She probably thought they&#8217;re not face-tattooed gangsters, they&#8217;re not defrauding the government. They&#8217;re all just little &#8220;abuelas&#8221; trying to peacefully make a pie in the kitchen when the Gestapo suddenly shows up. No — she was brainwashed.
And she betrayed her family. She betrayed her daughter. She may not have meant to — I don&#8217;t doubt that — but she did. And why? To go out there, not just for a stupid cause, but for such an unjust cause? And leave your kid without a mother? I feel sorry for this woman that her mind would be so scrambled to get to that point. 
But it doesn&#8217;t change the fact that it was all wrong. In fact, that should impel you to want to set the record straight, which is what JD does when it comes to the news media.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> delivers a much needed torching the Fake News: &#8220;Everybody who has been repeating the LIE that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement shot at her — you should be ashamed of yourselves.&#8221; 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/rArUNnzPxi">pic.twitter.com/rArUNnzPxi</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2009336334675324991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>The way that the media, by and large, has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace, and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day. Everybody who&#8217;s been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her — you should be ashamed of yourself.</blockquote>
And that is precisely the point. If you lie generally, you should be ashamed of yourself because you&#8217;re committing a mortal sin. If you lie about an event of public interest, you should especially be ashamed of yourself because it causes political scandal. But if you lie about this kind of issue, you should be ashamed of yourself because you are setting the stage for naive and ignorant people to put themselves in harm&#8217;s way for your lie.
And that&#8217;s what happened. The liberal media — it is not hyperbole to say — bear a considerable amount of responsibility for that woman&#8217;s death.

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A new position will be created by the Justice Department to target fraud in Minnesota and across the country, Vice President JD Vance said Thursday.
Vance said that a new assistant attorney general position out of the Justice Department would be formed to focus on fraud in Minnesota. The announcement comes as there have been allegations of widespread fraud in Minnesota from fake daycare centers to other welfare fraud schemes.
“To make sure that we prosecute the bad guys and do it as swiftly and efficiently as possible &#8230; we are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud,” Vance said at a press briefing. “Now, of course, that person&#8217;s efforts will start and focus primarily in Minnesota, but it is going to be a nationwide effort, because unfortunately, the American people have been defrauded in a very nationwide way.”
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🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> announces the Trump Administration will create a new Assistant Attorney General position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud — focusing first primarily in Minnesota, then expanding nationwide. <a href="https://t.co/QnU1pti7kM">pic.twitter.com/QnU1pti7kM</a>
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Vance said the new position was part of the administration’s interagency efforts to go after fraud he said was present in states like California, Minnesota, and Ohio.
“If you&#8217;re a young parent struggling to afford childcare in the United States of America, there are programs that we have to make it easier for your kids to get in daycare, for your kids to get in preschool,” Vance said. “Those programs should go to American citizens, not be defrauded by Somali immigrants, and others.”
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said he welcomed the announcement from Vance.
&#8220;Pres Trump/VP Vance’s announcement of a new Asst Atty General at Dept of Justice focused on fraud is GR8 NEWS 4 the American taxpayer Once Pres Trump selects his nominee I look fwd 2 overseeing their nomination,&#8221; Grassley <a href="https://x.com/ChuckGrassley/status/2009336588908765616">posted</a> on X.
Allegations of fraud in Minnesota, especially perpetrated by Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, have been the focus of the Trump administration in recent weeks, with federal law enforcement surging to the area. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services paused all childcare payments to the state of Minnesota while it investigated allegations that millions of taxpayer dollars have been funneled to fraudulent daycares across the state throughout the past ten years.
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-uncovers-another-400-million-in-suspected-minnesota-fraud?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=12&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Uncovers+Another+%24400+Million+In+Suspected+Minnesota+Fraud">said</a> last week that her team had identified around $400 million in loans that may have been fraudulently obtained through the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. As a result, 6,900 borrowers in Minnesota were suspended from participating in SBA loan programs and could face further punishment.
In a larger move, the department also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-freezes-welfare-funds-to-five-blue-states-over-fraud-concerns?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Freezes+Welfare+Funds+To+Five+Blue+States+Over+Fraud+Concerns">froze funding</a> for programs that provide childcare and food assistance in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York as officials probe whether the benefits are being illegally funneled to non-citizens. The specific programs being halted in those states are the Child Care Development Fund, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and the Social Services Block Grant program.

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Vice President JD Vance said during a Tuesday interview that President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration was pulling out all the stops to reshape the American economy after &#8220;40 years of bad policy.&#8221;
Vance spoke with Salem radio host and CNN commentator Scott Jennings, and said that while former President Joe Biden had certainly dealt a devastating blow, he wasn&#8217;t entirely responsible for the longer-term bad policies that had kept the economy from surging forward.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a>: The economy wasn&#8217;t just wrecked under Biden, it was wrecked by 40 years of bad policy. If we rely on our OWN workers and ingenuity to make our stuff, we&#8217;re more prosperous, more free, much wealthier — and that&#8217;s exactly what <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#8216;s economic policies are leading us to. <a href="https://t.co/59IzFELIV9">pic.twitter.com/59IzFELIV9</a>
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&#8220;The economy, in some ways, wasn&#8217;t just wrecked under the Biden administration; it was wrecked by 40 years of bad economic policy,&#8221; Vance explained. We shipped way too many jobs to China and other countries all over the world, we became less reliant on ourselves and more reliant on foreign countries, and undoing that takes time.&#8221;
Vance touted the progress made in just a year since President Trump was sworn in to begin his second term, adding, &#8220;If we rely on our own workers and ingenuity to make our stuff, we&#8217;re more prosperous, we&#8217;re more free, we&#8217;re much wealthier as a country, and that&#8217;s exactly what the president&#8217;s economic policies are leading us to.&#8221;
The vice president went on to address several specific issues that had been driving up costs in the United States, beginning with illegal immigration.
&#8220;It is not a coincidence that during the worst open border we have ever had under Joe Biden, the cost of an American home doubled,&#8221; Vance said, adding, &#8220;Now that we&#8217;re getting those illegal immigrants out, you see rents have come down for 4 straight months. We want them to keep coming down.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a>: It is not a coincidence that during the worst open border we have ever had under Joe Biden, the cost of an American home doubled&#8230; now that we&#8217;re getting those illegal immigrants out, you see rents have come down 4 straight months. We want them to keep coming down. <a href="https://t.co/WT38Sv2J3x">pic.twitter.com/WT38Sv2J3x</a>
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He also addressed the astronomical — and still increasing — health insurance premiums, driven by the unsustainable costs of Obamacare, and said that President Trump had plans to move on that as well.
&#8220;The president is sick of Obamacare and how unaffordable it&#8217;s made American healthcare, we actually met about this yesterday,&#8221; Vance said, adding that other priorities include reducing the cost of housing for American families.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> on Trump admin priorities in 2026: &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> is sick of Obamacare and how unaffordable it&#8217;s made American healthcare&#8230; We&#8217;re very focused on some housing legislation&#8230; We really do need to make it harder for foreign countries to take advantage of the American economy.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/hYUqRIOgaQ">pic.twitter.com/hYUqRIOgaQ</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2008615249667412241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We really do need to make it harder for foreign countries to take advantage of the American economy,&#8221; he concluded.

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No matter who controls Venezuela when all is said and done, Vice President JD Vance said that they will have no choice but to &#8220;play ball with the United States&#8221; moving forward.
Vance told Salem radio host Scott Jennings that President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration certainly wanted to see the Venezuelan people do well — but that it was far more important for the American people to do well and face no imminent threat from an adversarial neighbor.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> on Venezuela: &#8220;Whoever the leader of that country is, is going to have to play ball with the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;It was a very important operation. It was carried out flawlessly&#8230; I think it will create great benefits for the American people.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/l8qLZnOd05">pic.twitter.com/l8qLZnOd05</a>
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&#8220;We want what&#8217;s best for the Venezuelan people,&#8221; he explained, &#8220;But more importantly than that by a factor of a hundred, we want what&#8217;s best for the American people — and whoever the leader of that country is, is going to have to play ball with the United States. That is the whole problem that we&#8217;ve had in that region of the world.&#8221;
Vance explained that a &#8220;whole host of American competitors&#8221; had been invited in to do business and set up shop in Venezuela, bringing additional threats to the United States into the western hemisphere and posing a very real danger to American national security.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve used their own energy money to fund this terrible narco-terrorism against the United States of America,&#8221; Vance continued. &#8220;What the president did — and really, the entire team made possible — is to cut off that flow of energy money to narco-terrorists, to then of course cut off the amount of narco-terrorism being imported into the United States of America. I think it&#8217;s going to save lives, it&#8217;s going to mean cheaper gas and energy prices for Americans, and maybe most importantly, it&#8217;s going to mean that we have more control over the energy resources that exist in the world.&#8221;
With regard to the Saturday mission to capture Maduro, Vance said that he&#8217;d initially been skeptical that such a precision operation could be carried out — but was happy to have been proven wrong: &#8220;It was a very important operation. It was carried out flawlessly &#8230; I think it will create great benefits for the American people.&#8221;

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Vice President JD Vance responded on Tuesday to the news that someone had attempted to break into his Ohio home, referring to the suspect as &#8220;a very sick individual.&#8221;
William D. DeFoor, 26, was arrested after Secret Service agents caught him breaking windows in Vance&#8217;s Cincinnati home, and now faces both federal and local vandalism charges. Vance, who had left the home with his family prior to the attack, addressed the issue during an interview with CNN commentator and Salem radio host Scott Jennings, who asked him how the family was handling the situation.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> addresses the attack on his home in Ohio: &#8220;Our family&#8217;s doing fine&#8230; I guess this person assumed we were there and tried to make an attack&#8230; Clearly a very sick individual. The good thing is, my kids are young enough, they have no idea what&#8217;s going on.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Ri9wKLsrs1">pic.twitter.com/Ri9wKLsrs1</a>
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&#8220;Our family&#8217;s doing fine. Thanks for asking,&#8221; Vance said when Jennings asked. &#8220;You know, we had left Cincinnati a few hours before the attack, and whenever we&#8217;re in town, it&#8217;s obviously a well-known thing because there are barricades everywhere, the security presence goes up on our street, and so I guess this person probably assumed we were still there and decided to make an attack.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if they were trying to break in, that&#8217;s my intuition just because they went and hammered the windows,&#8221; Vance continued. &#8220;But of course, we have stronger windows than most because I&#8217;m a protectee of the Secret Service, and so eventually realized they weren&#8217;t getting anywhere, ran off, and were captured.&#8221;
Vance said that he was unsure of the motive and wasn&#8217;t trying to second guess any ongoing investigations, but did assert that the person responsible for the attack was &#8220;clearly a very sick individual. The good thing is, my kids are young enough, they have no idea what&#8217;s going on and they don&#8217;t read the news, so they have no idea that their home was attacked by a crazy person with a hammer &#8230; there are crazy people out there and we&#8217;re thankful for the Secret Service.&#8221;
<a href="https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/alleged-jd-vance-home-vandal-is-child-of-wealthy-local-doctor-who-recently-changed-name/">DeFoor</a>, the son of a wealthy pediatric urologist, had reportedly been going by the name &#8220;Julia&#8221; on social media in recent weeks — and has a history of both vandalism and mental health issues.

‘A Very Sick Individual’: JD Vance Responds To Attack On His Ohio Home

'A Very Sick Individual': JD Vance Responds To Attack On His Ohio Home

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A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday after he allegedly attempted to break into the Cincinnati home of Vice President JD Vance by shattering windows with a hammer. 
William Defoor was detained after midnight after the Secret Service said they found him trespassing at Vance’s Walnut Hills neighborhood home. He has been <a href="https://www.hcso.org/justice-center-services/inmate-search/inmate-detail/?id=1816987">charged</a> with vandalism, obstructing official business, criminal damaging, and criminal trespass. 
Neither Vance nor his family was at the home at the time of the incident. 
“I appreciate everyone&#8217;s well wishes about the attack at our home. As far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in by hammering the windows. I&#8217;m grateful to the secret service and the Cincinnati police for responding quickly,” Vance <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/2008188525162721647">posted</a> on X. “We weren&#8217;t even home as we had returned already to DC.”
Vance added that he was skeptical of the news value of posting pictures of the broken windows at his home. 
“One request to the media: we try to protect our kids as much as possible from the realities of this life of public service. In that light, I am skeptical of the news value of plastering images of our home with holes in the windows,” he said. 
Defoor was allegedly able to make it all the way to Vance’s home undetected before Secret Service agents heard the glass windows breaking, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/vance-home-ohio-damaged-man-detained-c53c099124e36642e4dd4d86c38cf33f">reported.</a> A Secret Service vehicle was also vandalized. 
Defoor is being held at the Hamilton County Detention Center and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. He could face additional federal charges, authorities said.
“The U.S. Secret Service is coordinating with the Cincinnati Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office as charging decisions are reviewed,” said the Secret Service. 
Defoor’s criminal history includes prior arrests for trespassing and vandalism. In November 2023, a judge dismissed a criminal trespassing <a href="https://www.courtclerk.org/data/image_view_stream.php">case</a> after<a href="https://www.courtclerk.org/data/image_view_stream.php"> determining </a>that he was not competent to stand trial. 
In a vandalism case earlier this year, Defoor was <a href="https://www.courtclerk.org/data/case_summary.php?casenumber=%2F24%2FCRA%2F13827">sentenced</a> to receive mental health treatment. WXIX <a href="https://www.fox19.com/2026/01/05/suspect-arrested-after-vandalizing-jd-vances-cincinnati-home-report-says/">reported</a> that the case involved Defoor causing more than $2000 worth of damage to an interior design company.

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Concerns about a potential &#8220;tip off&#8221; and general heightened security threats kept Vice President JD Vance away from the Situation Room during the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and a post-capture presser. 
A spokesperson for the vice president told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan that Vance was &#8220;deeply integrated in the process and planning of the Venezuela strikes and Maduro’s arrest.&#8221; 
Notably, the vice president also voiced his support for the operation and hit critics claiming Trump&#8217;s actions were &#8220;illegal.&#8221;
“Vice President Vance was deeply integrated in the process and planning of the Venezuela strikes and Maduro’s arrest,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;He joined several late-night meetings via secure video conference with National Security principals leading up to the operation. The Vice President briefly met with President Trump at the Trump golf club in West Palm Beach during the day Friday to discuss the strikes.&#8221;
&#8220;The Vice President was not at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, as the National Security team was concerned a late-night motorcade movement by the Vice President while the operation was getting underway may tip off the Venezuelans,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;The Vice President joined by secure video conference throughout the night to monitor the operation.&#8221;
&#8220;Due to increased security concerns, the Administration has aimed to limit the frequency and duration of the Vice President and President being co-located away from the White House,&#8221; the spokesperson added. 
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On Vice President Vance’s role in last night’s midnight raid in Venezuela, per a VP spox to <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a>:
“Vice President Vance was deeply integrated in the process and planning of the Venezuela strikes and Maduro’s arrest.
He joined several late night meetings via secure…
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/2007528410172592533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
Vance on Saturday posted on X that Maduro was offered &#8220;multiple off ramps,&#8221; but chose to ignore them. &#8220;Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation.&#8221;
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&#8220;And PSA for everyone saying this was &#8216;illegal&#8217;: Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You don&#8217;t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas.&#8221;
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And PSA for everyone saying this was &#8220;illegal&#8221;:
Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don&#8217;t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/2007447388697268441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
On Saturday morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were indicted in the Southern District of New York. Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States, the AG said.
&#8220;On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers,&#8221; Bondi added.
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Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/2007428087143686611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
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