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ICE “Strike Teams” Deployed To Minneapolis After Bombshell Somali Welfare-Fraud Report Linked To Overseas Terror
ICE “Strike Teams” Deployed To Minneapolis After Bombshell Somali Welfare-Fraud Report Linked To Overseas Terror
Investigative journalist Christopher Rufo, whose City Journal expose revealed how Minnesota’s Somali community stole billions in taxpayer funds, with money ultimately flowing to a foreign terrorist network, notes that just weeks after his bombshell report, ICE has now mobilized in Minneapolis.
“How it started … How it’s going,” Rufo wrote on X on Tuesday evening.
How it started How it’s going pic.twitter.com/JNrcO5YXg8
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) December 2, 2025
Rufo cited a report from the New York Times that said the Trump administration launched a massive ICE enforcement operation in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area, set to target hundreds of illegal alien Somalis.
🚨 JUST IN: ICE is “ALL OVER Minneapolis” right now, Omar Fateh says, claiming they are rounding up migrants
AWESOME NEWS!
This is music to my ears. Send them back. pic.twitter.com/aZzaOzOC1J
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 2, 2025
According to an official with knowledge of the deportation operation and documents obtained by the NYT, about 100 federal agents have been deployed to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region as part of a new “strike team” to deport Somali illegal aliens who are a net drain on public resources.
Last week, Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,” adding, “I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.”
During a news conference on Tuesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s loyalties were with the Somalis…
Rufo commented on the news conference by saying, “Incredible, the Somalis in Jacob Frey’s city stole billions of dollars in taxpayer money, and all he can do is mindlessly repeat ‘Orange Man Bad.‘”
Incredible, the Somalis in Jacob Frey’s city stole billions of dollars in taxpayer money, and all he can do is mindlessly repeat ‘Orange Man Bad.’ https://t.co/g8geY2x5xT
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) December 2, 2025
Meanwhile, hundreds of employees at the Minnesota Department of Human Services blasted far-left Gov. Tim Walz for ignoring repeated warnings about massive Somali welfare-fraud schemes and for retaliating against whistleblowers. Even the NYT called out Walz for this epic mess.
Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that his agency would investigate whether Minnesota tax dollars had been funneled to al-Shabaab. The investigation stems directly from Rufo’s reporting. Keep in mind, al-Shabaab is a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization and an al-Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia.
President Trump on Tuesday took further aim at Minnesota’s Somali community: “They contribute nothing … I don’t want them in our country. That’s not politically correct, but I don’t care. I don’t want them here. Their country is no good for a reason.”
The optics couldn’t be worse for Democrats, highlighting how their nation-killing mass migration policies have fueled chaos and enabled large-scale abuse of taxpayer funds – money that, according to Rufo’s reporting, was even funneled overseas to a terrorist organization.
The far left imported voters to gain power and it worked https://t.co/SsUKs6oeRS
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 3, 2025
Right.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 10:35
Hombre libio acusado de asesinato, violación y tortura comparece ante la CPI
Por MIKE CORDER
LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — Un hombre libio acusado de crímenes de lesa humanidad y crímenes de guerra en una prisión de Trípoli compareció ante la Corte Penal Internacional el miércoles, sentado impasible mientras un funcionario del tribunal leía los cargos que incluían asesinato, violación y tortura.
Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, de 47 años, habló solo para confirmar su edad e identidad y más tarde para pedir a los jueces que lo liberen mientras su caso avanza.
La jueza presidenta Iulia Motoc le indicó al abogado de El Hishri que presentara una solicitud escrita de liberación provisional al tribunal.
El Hishri fue enviado a Holanda el lunes por Alemania, donde fue arrestado en julio por orden de la CPI. Los fiscales alegan que era un comandante superior en la prisión de Mitiga, donde dicen que ordenó o supervisó crímenes entre 2015 y 2020.
Enfrenta seis cargos de crímenes de lesa humanidad y seis de crímenes de guerra por el presunto abuso de detenidos en la prisión, incluyendo el asesinato de una persona y la supervisión del asesinato, violación y tortura de otros, según los cargos leídos en la audiencia pública. No se le requirió que se declarara culpable o inocente de los cargos.
Habrá una audiencia el 19 de mayo en la que los jueces evaluarán si las pruebas contra El Hishri son lo suficientemente sólidas como para justificar llevarlo a juicio.
Su caso está destinado a ser el primero de un sospechoso libio en ir a juicio en el tribunal internacional, cuyos fiscales fueron encargados por el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas en 2011 de iniciar una investigación en la nación del norte de África mientras descendía al caos tras un levantamiento que derrocó al dictador Moamar Gadafi.
El tribunal había emitido rápidamente una orden de arresto para Gadafi, pero los rebeldes lo mataron antes de que pudiera ser detenido y enviado a La Haya.
El tribunal tiene órdenes de arresto para otros nueve sospechosos libios, incluido uno de los hijos de Gadafi.
Italia arrestó pero luego liberó por un tecnicismo a uno de los sospechosos, Ossama Anjiem, también conocido como Ossama al-Masri, en enero, lo que provocó indignación entre los defensores de los derechos humanos. También fue acusado de crímenes en la prisión de Mitiga.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Spotify Wrapped 2025: Bad Bunny supera a Taylor Swift como el artista más escuchado
Por MARIA SHERMAN
NUEVA YORK (AP) — La temporada navideña ha llegado, y con ella, un regalo para los fanáticos de los datos de fin de año y el marketing: ¡Spotify Wrapped está aquí! Y el superastro puertorriqueño Bad Bunny ha sido nombrado su artista más reproducido por cuarta vez, destronando a Taylor Swift.
El miércoles, el gigante del streaming presentó su resumen anual de tendencias de escucha individuales, así como tendencias de todo el mundo. Los usuarios ahora pueden acceder a sus artistas, canciones, géneros, álbumes y podcasts principales, además de descubrir qué artistas tuvieron el mayor año en la plataforma.
Esto es lo que necesitas saber.
Los artistas que encabezan las listas continúan dominando
Bad Bunny fue el artista más reproducido a nivel mundial en 2025, habiendo acumulado más de 19.800 millones de reproducciones. Le siguen Swift, The Weeknd, Drake y Billie Eilish, en ese orden.
Durante los últimos dos años, Swift había tenido el primer lugar a nivel mundial, reclamándolo en 2023 y manteniéndolo en 2024, habiendo destronado a Bad Bunny. El artista urbano mantuvo el codiciado título durante tres años consecutivos comenzando en 2020. Ahora, está de vuelta en la cima.
En Estados Unidos, la lista de artistas más reproducidos es algo similar: Allí, Swift lidera, seguida por Drake, Morgan Wallen y Kendrick Lamar. Bad Bunny ocupa el quinto lugar.
El álbum más reproducido a nivel mundial fue, por supuesto, “Debí tirar más fotos” de Bad Bunny, seguido por la banda sonora de “KPop Demon Hunters” y tres lanzamientos de 2024: “Hit Me Hard and Soft” de Billie Eilish, “SOS Deluxe: LANA” de SZA y “Short n’ Sweet” de Sabrina Carpenter, en ese orden.
En Estados Unidos, difiere ligeramente. El álbum más reproducido es “I’m The Problem” de Wallen, seguido por SZA, Bad Bunny, la banda sonora de “KPop Demon Hunters” y “GNX” de Lamar.
A nivel mundial, el título de la canción más reproducida es para la colaboración de Bruno Mars y Lady Gaga, “Die with a Smile”, que ha acumulado más de 1.700 millones de reproducciones. Luego sigue “Birds of a Feather” de Eilish, “APT.” de Mars y Rosé, “Ordinary” de Alex Warren y “DtMF” de Bad Bunny.
“Luther” de Lamar y SZA fue la canción más reproducida en Estados Unidos, seguida por “Die with a Smile”, “Ordinary”, “Birds of a Feather” y en quinto lugar, “TV Off” de Lamar y Lefty Gunplay.
¿Qué hay de nuevo con Spotify Wrapped este año?
Como cada año, hay algunas características nuevas. Estas incluyen la introducción de “Top Álbumes”, un ranking de fanáticos para mostrar a los usuarios dónde se ubican en las reproducciones de un artista, una función de “Edad de Escucha” que compara los hábitos de streaming de un usuario con los de su rango de edad y mucho más.
También hay algo llamado “Wrapped Party”, una función interactiva que permite a los usuarios comparar su Wrapped con otros usuarios de Spotify.
Estas adiciones difieren del año pasado, cuando algunos usuarios de Spotify se quejaron en las redes sociales de que Wrapped, que sufre cambios de diseño cada año, fue minimalista en 2024. Dijeron que carecía de características anteriores como “Top Ciudades”, “Audio Auras” y “Top Géneros”. Esta última ha sido reinstaurada para 2025.
Otras características revisadas en 2025 incluyen “Top Canciones”, que ahora permitirá a los usuarios ver cuántas veces reprodujeron sus 100 mejores pistas y un “Quiz de Canción Top”.
Spotify Wrapped en una economía de streaming
Los artistas más grandes, a nivel mundial, continúan ocupando los primeros lugares en Spotify Wrapped. Y eso no debería sorprender: están destacados prominentemente en todo el servicio de streaming, incluyendo sus listas de reproducción altamente influyentes, además de contar con fans leales y dedicados. Para los artistas independientes que pueden aparecer en el Wrapped de un oyente individual, acceder a un lugar destacado en la lista global requeriría miles de millones de reproducciones.
El streaming representa la mayor parte del dinero generado por la industria musical: el 84% en Estados Unidos, según la Asociación de la Industria de Grabación de América.
Spotify es la plataforma más grande de todas, representa aproximadamente el 31% de la cuota de mercado total, con un reporte de 713 millones de usuarios y 281 millones de suscriptores en más de 180 mercados. Eso es un aumento respecto a los 626 millones de usuarios y 246 millones de suscriptores de esta época el año pasado, respectivamente.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Max Steele’s ‘awesome journey’ at Naperville North may be more exciting than ever. But this time he’s driving.
Naperville North senior point guard Max Steele can’t believe he’s playing his fourth season of varsity basketball.
Time seems to have flown by since the 5-foot-9 Steele debuted as a sharp-shooting freshman three years ago.
“It’s been an awesome journey,” he said. “It’s just so cool, all the different faces I’ve been with in this program.
“The coaches have stayed the same. Our practices still look the same.”
But the roster around Steele has completely changed since he was a freshman playing a key role off the bench.
“I learned from leaders like Luke (Williams) and Bryce (Welch), and last year we had (co-captains) Rizwan (Zubair) and Ashton (Hartmann),” he said.
Now it’s Steele’s turn to take the helm. A third-year starter, Steele is running the point for the second straight season, but he and senior guard Miles Okyne are expected to provide leadership too.
So far, they’ve got Naperville North humming. Okyne and junior guard Jack Zitko each scored 14 points, senior guard Carson Loughlin had 12 points and Steele added eight points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals as the Huskies beat Shepard 63-36 on the road in Palos Heights on Tuesday.
It was the fourth win by double digits for Naperville North (4-1), which rested its starters in the fourth quarter after taking a 29-point lead against the Astros (2-2) despite a significant size disadvantage.
Amari Williams, Shepard’s 6-9 sophomore center, was held to just four shots and five points by 6-3 senior forward Will Harvey and his backup, 6-5 junior Reid Montanari.
“Preparing for Shepard has been a lot of us, but mainly Max, just holding everyone accountable, making sure we’re all in our right spots,” Okyne said. “Tonight it came into play a lot with Will Harvey being super physical down there, trying to hold him as best we can.”
Williams rarely got the ball thanks to Naperville North’s swarming defense. Steele led that effort, getting three steals in the first quarter, during which five Huskies scored to build a 22-9 lead.
Naperville North shot 26 of 43. Okyne, who hit a trio of 3-pointers in the opening quarter, not long ago was in the stands watching Steele shoot like that.
“What got him here is his incredible ability to shoot the ball,” Okyne said. “Freshman and sophomore years, I was at the games watching him play, and he was obviously with a team of a bunch of older guys, so it’s difficult to be the star.
“But I think as time has gone on, he’s become a great leader. He’s guiding traffic, getting us into our sets and just kind of holding everyone accountable, while still scoring and shooting.”
Steele said Okyne has been instrumental in helping him lead.
“I couldn’t ask for a better co-partner,” Steele said. “He’s been just as great of a leader. He’s really helped me try to take this team to the next level.”
The Huskies returned their entire starting lineup after winning 17 games last season, so improvement was expected. But Steele made sure that was never taken for granted.
“The thing that I’ve improved on the most, and especially Myles and a lot of my other teammates, is just leadership,” Steele said. “We’ve worked super hard over the summer and in the fall with our open gyms for skill development.
“Everyone on the team has gotten stronger and gotten better at dribbling and shooting and rebounding. When we mess up, we take accountability. But what I love about this team is whenever someone does something great, they’re the first one to pick up other people. That’s what really keeps our team together.”
Steele, who has committed to play baseball at Benedictine, intends to major in business. Naperville North coach Gene Nolan has taught Steele in the Business INCubatoredu program and said he will do well.
“He’s a born leader,” Nolan said. “Everything you’d want in a young man in your program, he does it. He’s just been absolutely terrific. He’s got a very bright future.”
As might the Huskies, although Steele is savoring every day and every victory.
“We’re not looking ahead and not getting caught up in the past,” he said. “So we’re going to enjoy this one today, and then we’re going to focus on DeKalb for Friday, which should be a big game.
“But with the group of guys we have and the personalities, I think we could be a very special team, and I’m really looking forward to this year.”
Matt Le Cren is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/basketball-naperville-north-max-steele/
Trump Confirms Biden’s Autopen Documents, Orders, & Pardons Are Void
Trump Confirms Biden’s Autopen Documents, Orders, & Pardons Are Void
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has nullified all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts signed by autopen during President Joe Biden’s term.
“Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized ‘AUTOPEN,’ within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
“Anyone receiving ‘Pardons,’ ‘Commutations,’ or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no Legal effect. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The declaration follows Trump’s Nov. 28 announcement that he was revoking all executive orders signed by autopen during the Biden administration.
“The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump alleged the documents were signed illegally.
“The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him,” Trump posted. “Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury.”
The autopen, which uses a real pen and ink to mechanically replicate a president’s signature, can be used to sign official documents, but the president must direct the signing of each document or bill, according to the Office of Legal Counsel.
According to some legal scholars, U.S. presidents may revoke previously issued executive orders. However, revoking pardons may be unconstitutional and could face roadblocks, experts told the Epoch Times.
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight, led by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) published a report in October detailing an investigation into the Biden administration’s use of autopen signatures.
The federal probe found senior White House officials “abused the autopen and a lax chain-of-command policy to effect executive actions” and failed to provide documentation to prove the documents were authorized.
The committee stated it found evidence that Biden’s White House staff concealed his diminishing mental and physical condition intentionally.
“The Committee has found that there was, in fact, a cover-up of the president’s cognitive decline and that there is no record demonstrating President Biden himself made all of the executive decisions that were attributed to him,” the committee wrote in the report. “The authority to grant pardons is not provided to the president’s inner circle.”
Several senior advisors and staff refused to provide testimony during the investigation for fear of incriminating themselves.
A photo of former President Biden’s autopen signature (C) on the new White House Presidential Wall of Fame on Sept. 26, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed 92 percent of documents signed during Biden’s presidency were signed by autopen.
During his presidency, Biden issued 4,245 acts of clemency—more than any other president—and 162 executive orders.
Biden’s acts of clemency consisted of 80 pardons and 4,165 commutations. While the commutation total topped all other presidents since McKinley, who left office in 1901, the 80 pardons were topped by several other presidents including Trump in his first term (144), President Barack Obama (212), and President George W. Bush (189).
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 10:15
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-confirms-bidens-autopen-documents-orders-pardons-are-void
‘Sustained Resilience’: US Services Surveys Mixed In November
‘Sustained Resilience’: US Services Surveys Mixed In November
Following the disappointment on the Manufacturing PMI side (both S&P Global and ISM seeing their surveys decline in November), US Services surveys were more mixed in the face of ‘strong’ hard data (that has been largely absent due to the shutdown).
S&P Global US Services PMI dropped from 54.8 to 54.1 in November (lowest since June and notably worse than the flash print of 55.0)
ISM US Services PMI rose from 52.4 to 52.6, solidly better than the 52.0 expected.
Source: Bloomberg
Under the hood was also mixed (completely opposite) news with ISM seeing Prices Paid dropping bigly (S&P Global seeing it rise), ISM seeing new orders decline (S&P Global seeing improvement) and ISM seeing employment still contracting (S&P Global sees ‘solid increase’ in employment)…
The S&P Global US Composite PMI posted 54.2 in November. That was little changed overall on October’s 54.6 and consistent with trend growth of the US private sector economy.
Similar rates of expansion were recorded across the manufacturing and service sectors. Latest data showed the strongest growth in new work for three months, which helped support a solid increase in employment. Meanwhile, input price inflation accelerated to a four-month high whilst output charges also rose at a stronger pace.
“The US service sector has reported another strong expansion in November, with demand for services rising at the fastest rate seen so far this year,” according to Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
“Together with a robust increase in output reported by the manufacturing sector, the survey indicates that the economy is so far expanding at a 2.5% annualized GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter.“
Supportive financial conditions, including lower interest rates and the equity market gains seen this year, are helping drive the sustained resilience of the economy, with Williamson noting a further surge in financial services activity reported in November.
Tariff fears remain top of mind…
“Consumer and business services are also continuing to expand, but report pressure on customer demand from affordability issues in particular. Worryingly, prices charged for services rose at an increased rate in November as firms sought to pass on higher costs, in turn often linked to tariffs.
“The concern is that rising prices could deter further rate cuts, in turn dampening the financial services expansion which has been doing much of the heavy lifting in terms of the sustained economic expansion in recent months.
But there is some optimism…
“More encouragingly, November saw an upturn in business expectations of growth over the year ahead compared to October, though this in part merely reflected some relief at the ending of the government shutdown, and some of this improved sentiment appears to have already faded towards the end of November.”
Overall, it’s choose your own adventure…
…with something for both the doves (weakening survey headline data) and the hawks (economy still expanding and tariff-driven inflation fears high).
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 10:07
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sustained-resilience-us-services-surveys-mixed-november
México aumentará 13% el salario mínimo en 2026
Associated Press
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — México anunció el miércoles que el próximo año el salario mínimo aumentará 13%, con lo que se situará en 315,04 pesos por día, unos 15,75 dólares.
Así lo acordó la comisión tripartita conformada por representantes del gobierno, los trabajadores y las empresas, indicó el secretario del Trabajo, Marath Bolaños, durante la conferencia presidencial matutina.
El incremento, que entrará en vigencia el primero de enero del 2026, es levemente superior al que se aprobó para este año, que fue de 12% y llevó el salario mínimo diario a 279 pesos (unos 13,75 dólares). El salario mínimo actual alcanza para comprar 1,7 canastas básicas, que incluyen alimentos esenciales, productos de higiene y limpieza y artículos farmacéuticos básicos.
Asimismo, se aprobó para el 2026 un ajuste de 5% del salario mínimo diario para los trabajadores de la frontera de México con Estados Unidos que será de 440,87 pesos (unos 22 dólares).
El nuevo ajuste salarial sigue muy por debajo de los incrementos anuales que se aprobaron durante el sexenio del expresidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) que rondaron entre 15% y 22%.
La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum descartó el miércoles que el nuevo salario mínimo vaya a generar algún impacto sobre la inflación, que alcanzó en octubre una tasa anual de 3,57%.
Bolaños también informó que se llegó a un acuerdo entre el gobierno y los empresarios sobre un proyecto de reforma constitucional, que deberá aprobar el próximo año el Congreso, para reducir de manera progresiva la jornada laboral semanal de 48 a 40 horas en México, y prohibir la contratación de menores de edad.
Al respecto Sheinbaum señaló que el ajuste sería gradual y comenzaría en el 2027 con una reducción anual de dos horas hasta alcanzar en el 2030 las 40 horas a la semana.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/mxico-aumentar-13-el-salario-mnimo-en-2026/
Gobierno de Trump amenaza con retener fondos de ayuda alimentaria a estados que no entreguen datos
Por GEOFF MULVIHILL y DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WASHINGTON (AP) — La administración del presidente Donald Trump advirtió el martes que retendrá fondos del programa de ayuda alimentaria a la mayoría de los estados controlados por demócratas a partir de la próxima semana, a menos que esos estados proporcionen información sobre las personas que reciben la asistencia.
La secretaria de Agricultura, Brooke Rollins, declaró en una reunión del gabinete el martes que la acción se avecina porque esos estados se niegan a proporcionar datos que el departamento solicitó, como los nombres y el estatus migratorio de los beneficiarios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP, por sus siglas en inglés).
Manifestó que la cooperación es necesaria para erradicar fraude. Los estados demócratas han demandado para bloquear el requisito, argumentando que verifican la elegibilidad de los beneficiarios de SNAP y que nunca comparten grandes cantidades de datos sensibles del programa con el gobierno federal.
Los estados y el gobierno federal comparten el costo de administrar SNAP, siendo el gobierno federal el que paga el costo total de los beneficios. Después de las declaraciones de Rollins, un portavoz del Departamento explicó más tarde que la agencia está apuntando a los fondos administrativos, no a los beneficios que las personas reciben.
Veintidós estados y el Distrito de Columbia demandaron previamente por la solicitud de información, que se hizo inicialmente en febrero. Un juez federal con sede en San Francisco ha prohibido a la administración, al menos por ahora, recopilar la información de esos estados.
La semana pasada, el gobierno federal envió una carta a los estados instando al cumplimiento, pero todas las partes acordaron dar a los estados hasta el 8 de diciembre para responder.
“Hemos enviado a los estados demócratas otra solicitud de datos, y si no cumplen, se les proporcionará una advertencia formal de que el Departamento de Agricultura retirará sus fondos administrativos”, indicó el Departamento en un comunicado el martes.
La ley federal permite al Departamento de Agricultura retener parte del dinero que los estados reciben para administrar SNAP si hay un patrón de incumplimiento con ciertas regulaciones federales.
Pero “nunca hay autoridad para retener los beneficios de SNAP y, en este caso, tampoco hay autoridad para retener los fondos administrativos”, explicó David Super, profesor de derecho en la Universidad de Georgetown que ha estudiado el programa de ayuda alimentaria durante varias décadas.
La administración dice que se necesitan datos para detectar fraude
Aproximadamente 42 millones de estadounidenses de bajos ingresos, o uno de cada ocho, dependen de SNAP para ayudar a comprar alimentos. El beneficio mensual promedio es de aproximadamente 190 dólares por persona, o un poco más de 6 dólares al día.
Rollins ha citado información proporcionada por estados que han cumplido, diciendo que muestra que 186.000 personas fallecidas están recibiendo beneficios de SNAP y que 500.000 están recibiendo beneficios más de una vez.
“Pedimos a todos los estados por primera vez que entreguen sus datos al gobierno federal para permitir que el Departamento de Agricultura colabore con ellos para erradicar este fraude, para asegurarnos de que aquellos que realmente necesitan cupones de alimentos los estén recibiendo”, señaló Rollins, “pero también para garantizar que el contribuyente estadounidense esté protegido”.
Su oficina no ha publicado datos detallados, incluidos los beneficios obtenidos por error o fraude que se están utilizando.
El Departamento de Agricultura sostuvo el martes por la noche que 28 estados y Guam han cumplido con la solicitud de información. Esa lista consiste principalmente en estados con gobernadores republicanos, aunque Carolina del Norte, que tiene un gobernador demócrata, también ha cumplido.
Veintidós estados han demandado para bloquear la solicitud.
Los expertos dicen que, si bien ciertamente hay fraude en un programa de 100.000 millones de dólares al año, los problemas mucho más grandes son los esfuerzos del crimen organizado para robar las tarjetas de beneficios o obtenerlas a nombre de personas inventadas, no las malas acciones de los beneficiarios.
SNAP ha estado en el centro de atención recientemente
La representante Jahana Hayes, una demócrata de Connecticut que es copatrocinadora de una legislación para deshacer los cambios recientes en SNAP, aseguró que Rollins está tratando de hacer cambios sin transparencia, o sin un papel para el Congreso, y que está tergiversando el programa.
“Las personas que solo están tratando de comprar alimentos, no son las que están manipulando el sistema de la manera en que la administración está tratando de retratar”, aseveró Hayes en una entrevista el martes antes de que Rollins anunciara su intención.
El impacto de que los estados pierdan fondos administrativos para SNAP no está claro. Pero algunos defensores han advertido que otras políticas que trasladarían más costos administrativos a los estados podrían ser tan costosas que algunos podrían abandonar SNAP por completo en lugar de absorber los costos adicionales. Los estados no pueden utilizar el dinero destinado a beneficios para cubrir costos administrativos.
El programa normalmente no está en el centro de atención política, pero lo ha estado este año.
Como parte del gran proyecto de ley de impuestos y políticas de Trump a principios de año, los requisitos de trabajo se están expandiendo para incluir a personas entre 55 y 64 años, personas sin hogar y otros.
Y en medio del reciente cierre del gobierno federal, la administración planeó no financiar los beneficios para noviembre. Hubo un ida y vuelta en los tribunales sobre si podían hacerlo, pero luego el gobierno reabrió y los beneficios se reanudaron antes de la palabra final.
Mientras tanto, algunos estados se apresuraron a financiar beneficios por su cuenta y la mayoría aumentó o aceleró el dinero para los bancos de alimentos.
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Mulvihill reportó desde Haddonfield, Nueva Jersey. Contribuyeron a esta nota los corresponsales Sophie Austin en Sacramento, California; John Hanna en Topeka, Kansas; Michael Hill en Albany, Nueva York; Steve Karnowski en Minneapolis; David A. Lieb en Jefferson City, Missouri y Gary D. Robertson en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Maduro Could Be Exiled To Qatar As Trump Warns Land Strikes On Venezuela Coming “Very Soon”
Maduro Could Be Exiled To Qatar As Trump Warns Land Strikes On Venezuela Coming “Very Soon”
President Trump reportedly issued Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro a deadline of last Friday to of his own volition step down as president and accomplish a peaceful transition of power, or else face possible direct military action.
The New York Post is freshly reporting that the White House has offered that Maduro could be exiled to Qatar, where he would live out his days in luxury in one of the world’s wealthiest countries.
“A senior Trump administration source said Secretary of State Marco Rubio has floated allowing Maduro, 63, to relocate to Qatar as the gas-rich emirate helps mediate the conflict,” NY Post writes Wednesday. “Three current and two former administration officials described the scenario as plausible.”
A source close to the administration described that “Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE love to do stuff like this. It helps build chits with the US.” The person further said, “All three compete against each other — in the region and for the ultimate affection of the US.”
So far Maduro has resisted Trump’s call to immediately step down, and the last Friday deadline came and went. If it were to suddenly happen – and by looks of it Maduro doesn’t seem prepared to go anywhere – this scenario would quickly lead to lower oil prices as Washington’s crude embargo would be dropped and US firms move to pump oil out of the Latin American country, which has the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
As for the supposed exile to Qatar plan, there’s been no immediately forthcoming confirmation from the White House that this is accurate, but Maduro would have to go somewhere after all.
The large military presence in the southern Caribbean has persisted for months at this point, and the clock is ticking, especially given President Trump’s Tuesday remarks of land attacks possibly beginning “very soon”. He said as follows:
President Trump said Tuesday his administration could attack accused drug traffickers who traverse Latin America by land “very soon,” which would mark an escalation in the U.S. military’s campaign of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats.
“We’re going to start doing those strikes on land, too,” Mr. Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting when asked about the administration’s strikes at sea. “You know, the land is much easier … And we know the routes they take. We know everything about them. We know where they live. We know where the bad ones live. And we’re going to start that very soon, too.”
It’s unknown whether such strikes would just be limited to known cartel and trafficking locations and routes, or whether government buildings or military bases could be hit.
What’s quite surprising for me is the silence of Brazil, Qatar, and Turkey, the countries said to have brokered the Trump–Maduro call. They usually love to publicize their peace efforts. But when it comes to Venezuela, they’re barely saying a word. Why are they so silent? pic.twitter.com/hv32yIDXT2
— Imdat Oner (@imdat_oner) December 2, 2025
The administration has already effectively labeled the whole government a ‘narco-terror’ organization, with its dubious and sweeping “Cartel of the Suns” recent terror designation. “Based in Venezuela, the Cartel de los Soles is headed by Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking individuals of the illegitimate Maduro regime who have corrupted Venezuela’s military, intelligence, legislature, and judiciary,” the mid-November official designation indicated. “Neither Maduro nor his cronies represent Venezuela’s legitimate government.”
Could American military action soon commence in Venezuela? Will Maduro find himself in a luxury high-rise in Qatar by month’s end?
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 09:35
US Industrial Production Sees Biggest Annual Gain In 3 Years Despite Slowing Capacity Utilization
US Industrial Production Sees Biggest Annual Gain In 3 Years Despite Slowing Capacity Utilization
First things first, this is data for September. But we would given this morning’s Industrial Production and Manufacturing Output data a ‘meh’ ranking.
Industrial Production rose just 0.1% MoM (as expected) up from the downwardly revised 0.3% MoM decline in August. On a YoY basis, production rose 1.62% – its best since Nov 2022…
US Manufacturing output was unchanged in September (slowing from the 0.1% MoM rise in August), but, like IP, that supported a 1.5% YoY rise in output, its highest level since April 2022…
But the big headline of this (admittedly lagged) report is the weakness in Capacity Utilization at just 75.9% in September (well below the 77.4% print for August, which was revised down to 75.9%, and a big miss versus the 77.2% exp)
Source: Bloomberg
Just as we have seen with the employment data, it appears the US Manufacturing economy has flatlined for much of Q3. Certainly supportive of a cut next week and trend toward more cuts (which are not priced in for now).
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 09:27
