"In the run-up to the 2016 Democratic Party convention, FBI Director James Comey gained access to at least eight thumb drives containing large volumes of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's sensitive State Department emails -- as well as some from President Obama -- that appeared to have been compromised by foreign hackers.

Instead of investigating the explosive new batch of evidence revealed in recently declassified documents, Comey rushed ahead to close an investigation into whether Clinton improperly transmitted and received classified material from a private, unsecured server she kept in her basement. Comey also took the extraordinary step of bypassing the attorney general and personally exonerating Clinton of wrongdoing during an unusual press conference on July 5, 2016.

Just hours later, Obama invited Clinton -- who would be formally nominated as the Democrats' standard bearer three weeks later -- aboard Air Force One to help launch her multicity campaign tour, during which he officially endorsed Clinton as his preferred White House successor. 'I'm ready to pass the baton,' Obama declared, as he stumped for her for the first time.

Comey's decision to remove the cloud of scandal over Clinton's campaign, allowing the president to get on with the business of campaigning for her, is just one avenue of investigation the Justice Department is pursuing in wide-ranging probes whose targets include a figure largely unscathed by his era's scandals: former President Barack Obama."

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"Assuming his intention was to mark the first anniversary of his return to the White House, President Trump couldn't have picked a more suitable time or event to launch the Board of Peace for Gaza.

His decision to hold the launch Thursday at a Davos gathering of world leaders highlights Trump's role in trying to stop the war between Israel and Hamas and start the massive rebuilding of Gaza.

It also reflects his unprecedented global footprint and illustrates once again that he is an American president like no other.

As such, the event is something of a coming-out party that shows how his America First concept is now doing double duty on the international stage."

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"In exchange for gift cards, millions of Americans were unwittingly signed up for Obamacare by brokers who scalped their vital information and enrolled them in plans where premiums were paid by the American people, a research group says.

"'The government was sending massive checks to insurance companies who were making windfall profits on behalf of people who didn't use any health care,' Brian Blase, president of Paragon Health Institute, a healthcare policy group told Just The News.

"A 2021-2022 expansion of Affordable Care Act subsidies, passed through budget reconciliation, made coverage fully subsidized for individuals claiming incomes in a specific range. Paragon Health Institute investigated and estimated that by 2025, at least 6.4 million more people were enrolled in these zero-premium plans than were actually eligible.

"Zero premium means the enrollee did not pay for the plan -- it was paid via subsidies funded by taxpayers."

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"The protests in Iran, which ignited at the end of last year, continue to gain momentum despite the government's crackdown and growing death toll. Among the most remarkable protesters are young Iranian women, who epitomize the struggle against one of the world's most oppressive regimes.

"When we think of 'Iranian women,' images of those cloaked in hijabs and burqas may come to mind. Yet, it's important to remember that prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women in Iran enjoyed considerable personal freedom. They wore fashionable Western attire, proudly revealed their faces, arms, and legs in public, and had access to abundant educational opportunities. Many women earned college degrees, held professional jobs, started businesses, and socialized freely with men."

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"The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived an Illinois Congress member's lawsuit over a state mail-in ballot law, paving the way for political candidates nationwide to challenge election laws more easily in their states.

"The justices ruled 7-2 that Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) has the legal right to sue Illinois over its ability to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, a practice targeted by President Trump and his allies.

"Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion over the dissents of two of the court's liberals: Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

"'Candidates, in short, are not "mere bystanders" in their own elections,' Roberts wrote. 'They have an obvious personal stake in how the result is determined and regarded.'"

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"As a former California state assemblyman who spent four years on the Budget Committee, I had a front-row seat to Sacramento's obsession with 'pulling down' federal dollars, turning welfare programs into a free-for-all.

"Then-state Auditor Elaine Howle ran a lean operation, issuing spot-on reports about waste and vulnerabilities -- and getting ignored time and again. California maximized payments for SNAP, Medi-Cal, and unemployment insurance with little regard for fraud controls.

"That same reckless mindset has fueled scandals across blue states, with Minnesota serving as the appetizer to California's main course of fiscal disaster.

"Minnesota's Feeding Our Future fraud -- where crooks were convicted last March of pocketing $250-300 million in federal child nutrition funds by claiming phantom meals for kids -- was a mere fraction of what was to come.

"Today, Minnesota's likely fraud toll has ballooned, with nearly $9 billion in suspected Medicaid scams since 2018, involving fake providers, ghost services, and out-of-state hustlers. Despite 80 charged, 50-plus guilty pleas, and assets like luxury cars forfeited in the Feeding Our Future scam, recoveries are a drop in the bucket. State agencies have ignored red flags, paralyzed by fears of discrimination lawsuits -- or even just being labeled 'racists.' And that allowed fraudsters to run wild.

"But if Minnesota's the starter, California's the feast."

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"CBS News has made great strides under Bari Weiss, but clearly there remains work to be done. On Monday's 'CBS Evening News,' CBS News Homeland Security and Justice Correspondent Nicole Sganga declared that the video released by DHS shows 'the minutes leading up to the murder of Renee Good.' It is an all-too-familiar pattern in which the mainstream media aligns its reporting with the advocacy of groups on the left. As I have written, one can certainly disagree with the necessity of using lethal force in this instance, but it fell well within the established guidelines for the use of such force set by the Supreme Court and lower courts.

"Spanga added, 'Trump administration officials have claimed she intended to ram ICE agents before she was shot.'

"In the end, it does not matter what her intentions were. Her actions, not her intentions, drive the analysis. She refused orders to get out of the car after obstructing the federal agents and then struck the officer."

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"The Iranian regime slaughtered upwards of 500 protesters over the weekend, marking one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the Islamic Republic's history, as President Donald Trump weighs a range of military options that reportedly include precision strikes on regime assets and cyber warfare.

"The Iranian government intensified its response to the popular uprising after cutting internet services on Thursday. The internet blackout has made tracking the number of dead difficult, but accounts from human rights organizations and international media outlets reach anywhere from 500 to 2,000 killed, a violent reaction to a protest movement that has spread to nearly every major city in all 31 Iranian provinces. Bodies are reportedly stacking up in hospitals around the country, with medical staff overwhelmed by the number of killed and injured through Sunday afternoon. ...

"The crackdown comes ahead of a Tuesday briefing for Trump and senior cabinet members, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, on options that range from military intervention to economic measures. The Wall Street Journal reported that "no imminent action" is expected after that briefing, but NBC News reported that Trump has already been presented with "preliminary plans" for an attack on Iran and the president has repeatedly vowed to use force to stop the regime from killing civilians."

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"When U-Haul released its latest 'Growth Index' this week, it made us wonder if blue states will ever get a clue.

"Once again, the index found a strong migration out of blue states and into red states.

"'Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee follow Texas as prime destinations. It's the same top five from 2024 and 2023, although in a different order,' the company said.

"The biggest losers: California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York."

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"The Transportation Security Administration flagged nearly $700 million in cash detected in passengers' luggage leaving the Minneapolis airport the last two years, a massive cash exodus believed to be tied to Somali immigrants and their money couriers, Homeland Security officials told Just the News.

"The officials said the cash movements out of Minnesota's largest airport began about a decade ago -- around the time Democrat Gov. Tim Walz took office -- and has grown substantially in recent years.

"Though all were legally declared according to U.S. Customs rules, the bundles of cash in luggage -- some as much as $1 million in a single trip -- raised regular suspicions among TSA agents."

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