Michigan candidate for Governor promises something she can’t do if elected.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat running for governor, said she will freeze energy prices to give families relief from excessive energy costs, according to The Detroit News. But she would not have that power under state law.
“On her first day as governor,” Alyssa Bradley, communications director for Benson’s gubernatorial campaign, told the News in a Jan. 4 article, “Benson would declare an electricity cost freeze to give families relief from excessive energy costs and demand a transparent, accountable rate-setting process.”
Benson also vowed to “take immediate action” to reduce energy costs.
The rates consumers and businesses pay for electricity and natural gas are set not by the governor but by the Michigan Public Service Commission, whose responsibilities are defined in state law. Click here to read more.
'Operation Salvo' leads to 54 arrests of Dominican gang members in New York City
NEW YORK (TNND) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem touted the accomplishments of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Thursday after a successful “Operation Salvo” took down alleged Dominican gang members in New York City.
Noem said the operation targeted members of the Trinitarios gang and led to 54 arrests, including two men who attacked an off-duty Customs and Border Patrol officer, who wanted to remain anonymous, in Manhattan in July.
Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 21, was charged with one count of possession of ammunition by an illegal alien and Christhian Aybar-Berroa, 22, was charged with accessory after the fact, according to the complaint. Click here to read more.
Transgender Athletes, Guns, and the Federal Reserve: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch in January
After a short winter break, the U.S. Supreme Court returns next week to the business of hearing oral arguments. And the January docket is already packed full of high-profile cases that deal with some of the most controversial topics in American law. Here are the big cases that I’ll be watching most closely this month.
Transgender Athletes
First up on January 13 is a doubleheader that features not one but two cases about government bans on transgender women and girl athletes competing in women’s and girls’ sports. In Little v. Hecox, the justices will consider the following question: “Whether laws that seek to protect women’s and girls’ sports by limiting participation to women and girls based on sex violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Click here to read more.
Foreign ATM? Somali cash exodus from Minneapolis exponentially larger than other major US airports
he cash moved overseas in luggage by Somali couriers from the Minneapolis airport was 10 to 100 times larger than the total foreign exodus of money at other larger American airports the last two years, officials tell Just the News.
Homeland Security Department officials said the statistics they have gathered in recent weeks show the movement of cash out of Minnesota was substantially abnormal and should have raised red flags during the Biden administration, long before the Trump administration began investigating it as part of a major fraud scheme that stole billions from taxpayers in the state.
Just the News reported Tuesday that the Transportation Security Administration detected and flagged nearly $700 million in cash moved in luggage out of the Minneapolis airport by Somali couriers in 2024 and 2025 alone, a stunning total that averaged nearly $1 million a day. Click here to read more.
Texas AG strikes deal over kids’ fluoride toothpaste marketing
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced a settlement with Procter & Gamble (P&G), the maker of Crest toothpaste, requiring the company to ensure its children’s flouride toothpaste packaging accurately shows the recommended amount for kids.
“When parents are teaching their kids the basic habit of brushing their teeth, they shouldn’t have to worry about deceptive marketing endangering their children,” Paxton said in a statement. “Misleading images that show excessive amounts of fluoride toothpaste put children’s health and brain development at risk.”
Under the agreement, P&G must "clearly depict the appropriate amount of toothpaste for children" on Crest packaging. Click here to read more.
