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Food stamp fraud crackdown at USDA would end loophole that lets Ferrari, Lamborghini owners get benefits
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ramping up efforts to crack down on food stamp fraud nationwide, targeting what officials say is a loophole allowing some wealthy individuals to qualify for government benefits.
Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on X this week that a single state has 14,000 individuals on SNAP benefits who also drive luxury vehicles like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis.
She warned fraudsters the USDA is working to close a loophole under the Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility policy used to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits despite having the financial means to purchase cars for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Rollins told Fox Business this week that the department is «getting very, very close to being able to fix that» loophole.
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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says changes are coming to the food stamps program. (Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters/iStock)
SNAP, the largest federal anti-hunger program in the United States, has long been a target of conservatives pushing for reforms, and Rollins spoke to «The Ingraham Angle» on Thursday night to shed light on just how widespread some of the issues are.
«We’ve found 500,000 people getting more than one benefit illegally, we found 244,000 dead people — this is just the red states,» Rollins said about what she’s discovered going through the data from the states that have agreed to provide it since her first day on the job.
«We have arrested 895 different people in the last year for illegally using the food stamp system and, of course, now we’re talking about what is happening with that money,» she added.
USDA data shows 4.2 million fewer food stamp recipients during President Trump’s first year in office as the administration continues to crack down amid reports from all across the country that food stamps are being misused.
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A We Accept Food Stamps sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«Food stamp waste and fraud is out of control,» Republican congressional candidate in Orange County and CAL DOGE Director Jenny Rae Le Roux told Fox News Digital. «California alone loses nearly $14M every day from SNAP to EBT skimming, out of state and country beneficiaries, and eligibility lapses – at a time when technology exists to close every gap, quickly.»
In March, Fox News Digital reported on a Minnesota man, Rob Undersander, who said that despite being a millionaire, he was able to qualify for food stamps. Undersander has been sounding the alarm on the issue ever since and has testified on the issue in Minnesota and before Congress.
«Reintroducing basic guardrails like an asset test is a common-sense step to restore integrity, ensure benefits go to those who truly need them and protect the long-term viability of the program,» America First Policy Institute Health & Harvest Campaign Director Matt Schmid said in March. «This isn’t about taking help away. It’s about making sure SNAP works the way it was intended to.»
Additionally, USDA issued a press release on Thursday outlining the «reorganization» plan Rollins has within the SNAP program, which includes moving the food nutrition resources and staff out of Washington, D.C. to other cities like Indianapolis, Dallas, Denver and Kansas City.
A USDA spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday the announcement «aligns with the Food and Nutrition Administration’s mission, to nourish those in need through financially sound programs that promote health and work, as well as champion the productivity of American agriculture.»
«As the Food and Nutrition Administration begins its refocusing of operations, all 16 federal nutrition programs will continue without disruption. Pertaining to Indianapolis, it has a lower cost of living, one of the top airports in the country, and has excelled at innovative program delivery.»
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Ultimately, the administration says the reforms will end up helping the people who depend on the assistance the most.
«Since its inception, SNAP has helped our most vulnerable citizens afford the essential and nutritious food they need,» Rollins and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in a Fox News op-ed in March. «At least, that is what the program is supposed to do.»
«Over time, however, SNAP has been taken advantage of, allowing many to game the system and leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without healthy, nutrient-dense food options.»
Fox News Digital’s Katelyn Caralle contributed to this report.
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Los asesinos seriales que marcaron a Ecuador: del “Niño del Terror” al matricidio que estremeció al país
En Ecuador, los asesinos seriales no han sido un fenómeno masivo, pero sí profundamente perturbador. A diferencia de países donde estos casos forman parte de un patrón criminológico más frecuente, en el país andino su aparición ha sido esporádica, casi siempre rodeada de conmoción social, cobertura intensa y preguntas incómodas sobre el sistema de justicia, la salud mental y las condiciones sociales que rodean estos crímenes.
El reciente caso de Andreína Lamota, una mujer condenada por el asesinato de su madre y vinculada a otro crimen previo, reabrió una discusión que parecía dormida: la existencia de homicidas con patrones repetitivos en el país y la dificultad para detectarlos a tiempo.
El nombre que inevitablemente aparece en cualquier recuento es el de Juan Fernando Hermosa. A inicios de la década de 1990, cuando Quito aún no dimensionaba la magnitud de lo que ocurría, Hermosa, un adolescente de apenas 15 años, asesinó a múltiples personas en una cadena de crímenes que generó pánico colectivo.
Sus víctimas incluían taxistas y conductores, y su forma de operar combinaba violencia directa con una frialdad que desconcertó incluso a investigadores experimentados. La prensa lo bautizó como el “Niño del Terror”, un apelativo que reflejaba tanto su edad como la crudeza de sus actos. Su caso marcó un antes y un después en la percepción de la violencia criminal en Ecuador.
Una década más tarde, otro nombre sacudiría no solo al país, sino también a Europa: Gilberto Chamba. Su historia expuso una grieta institucional difícil de ignorar. Tras haber sido condenado en Ecuador por el asesinato de varias mujeres, Chamba recuperó la libertad en medio de decisiones judiciales controvertidas. Migró a España, donde volvió a matar. Fue finalmente condenado a una larga pena de prisión.
Pero no todos los casos están tan documentados o han tenido la misma cobertura internacional. En registros policiales y estudios criminológicos aparecen nombres como William Cumbajín, Luis Taipe o Mario Bermello, asociados a homicidios múltiples con patrones que, aunque menos mediáticos, cumplen con los criterios de criminalidad serial.
En estos casos, las víctimas solían pertenecer a entornos vulnerables, lo que contribuyó a que los crímenes permanecieran más tiempo fuera del radar público.
También hay hechos que, aunque no corresponden a ciudadanos ecuatorianos, dejaron una huella profunda en el país. Uno de ellos es el de Daniel Camargo, quien en la década de 1980 confesó decenas de asesinatos de niñas y adolescentes en varios países, incluido Ecuador. Su presencia generó alarma regional y obligó a repensar la cooperación internacional en materia de investigación criminal. Durante meses, su nombre estuvo asociado al miedo en distintas ciudades, en una época donde los sistemas de información y coordinación eran limitados.
El caso más reciente, el de Andreína Lamota, introduce un elemento poco común en la historia criminal del país: el de una mujer con un posible patrón serial. Según las investigaciones, Lamota no solo fue responsable del asesinato de su madre -a quien mató, descuartizó y escondió en una lavadora–, sino que también estaría vinculada a la muerte de una amiga años antes.
Aunque cada uno de estos casos tiene particularidades propias, existen elementos comunes: la baja frecuencia del fenómeno en Ecuador no implica menor gravedad. Cada caso ha tenido un impacto desproporcionado en la opinión pública, precisamente por su carácter inusual. Además, varios de estos episodios evidencian debilidades institucionales, ya sea en la detección temprana, en el seguimiento de antecedentes o en la coordinación entre entidades.
Asimismo, la evolución de los perfiles sugiere que estos crímenes ya no responden únicamente a contextos de marginalidad extrema, sino también a dinámicas más complejas que incluyen planificación, ocultamiento y, en algunos casos, integración social aparente.
El interés que despiertan estos casos no es nuevo, pero sí revela algo más profundo: la inquietud social frente a formas de violencia que rompen con lo esperado. Un homicidio puede ser interpretado como un hecho aislado dentro de un contexto de inseguridad generalizada. Pero cuando se identifican patrones, cuando el crimen se repite con cierta lógica interna, la percepción cambia.
Aparece la idea de una amenaza persistente, difícil de anticipar, que desafía tanto a las instituciones como a la comprensión colectiva de la violencia.
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After a month on the sidelines, the 2026 primary season is back with a vengeance.
A dozen states from coast to coast hold primaries or runoffs in May, and the results of those nomination contests may ultimately determine the outcomes of November’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their slim Senate and razor-thin House majorities.
Also on the line in some of the ballot box showdowns: President Donald Trump’s immense sway over the GOP, as his endorsements in key races will be tested.
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Ed Gallrein launched a congressional campaign to challenge Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky after President Donald Trump endorsed him. The announcement took place in the Oval Office at the White House in March. (Fox News)
Indiana and Ohio kick off the action on May 5, with Nebraska and West Virginia holding primaries a week later, on May 12. Louisiana’s nominating contest follows on Saturday, May 16. Three days later marks the busiest day of the month, with Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania holding primaries. Texas wraps up May with runoff showdowns on May 26.
Here’s a closer look at some of the top races.
MAY 5 – Indiana and Ohio
The first major test of Trump’s grip on the GOP comes in Indiana.
Five months ago, Republicans in the GOP-dominated state Senate withstood immense pressure from Trump and his allies and voted down congressional redistricting, which would have given solidly red Indiana two more right-leaning U.S. House seats ahead of the midterms. Seeking retribution, the president endorsed challengers to eight GOP state senators who voted against the redistricting bill.
The president’s allies have spent millions of dollars to try to oust the state lawmakers who opposed Trump’s redistricting push. Among those in the political fight on behalf of the president are Turning Point USA’s political wing and the Club for Growth.
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith announces the results of a vote to redistrict the state’s congressional map at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Dec. 11, 2025. (Michael Conroy/AP Photo)
The intra-party battle is seen not just as a test of fealty to Trump but rather a fight between MAGA forces and more traditional conservatives for the future of the GOP.
«We’ve got to change those old-style Republicans, put in people who will fight, fight against the Democrat gerrymandering,» Club for Growth President David McIntosh told Fox News Digital.
McIntosh, a former congressman from Indiana, said «I want to see my state do the right thing.»
In neighboring Ohio, there’s a lot less drama.
Vivek Ramaswamy, the multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur and business leader who grabbed national attention during his bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination before dropping out and becoming a top Trump surrogate, is all but certain to capture the Republican gubernatorial nomination in his home state. Ramaswamy, who is backed by Trump, will face off in November against Dr. Amy Acton, a doctor and researcher who served as director of the state Department of Health from 2019 to 2020. Acton is unopposed in the Democratic primary. The winner will succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Mike DeWine.
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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix on Dec. 19, 2025. (Jon Cherry/AP)
It’s the same story in Ohio’s Senate primary, where appointed Republican Sen. Jon Husted, a former lieutenant governor, is unopposed in the GOP primary. Former longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is expected to cruise to his party’s nomination. The winner will serve the final two years of the term of Vice President JD Vance, who stepped down from the Senate after the Trump-Vance ticket won the 2024 presidential election.
Once a top general election battleground state, Ohio has shifted to the right over the past decade, with Trump carrying the state by 11 points in the 2024 election. But this year’s races for the Senate and governor are expected to be very competitive. And the Senate race is one of a handful across the country that may determine if the GOP holds the majority or if the Democrats flip the chamber.
May 16 – Louisiana
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is facing primary challenges from two Republicans: Rep. Julia Letlow and former Rep. John Fleming, who is currently the state treasurer. Trump earlier this year weighed into the race by endorsing Letlow.
Cassidy was one of only seven Senate Republicans who voted in early 2021 to convict Trump after he was impeached by the House for his role in the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters who aimed to upend congressional certification of former President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Trump was acquitted by the Senate.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., seen speaking during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2025, is facing a rough road to re-election this year. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But since the start of Trump’s second term 15 months ago, Cassidy has been supportive of the president’s agenda and his nominees.
If no candidate cracks 50% of the primary vote, the top two finishers will face off for the nomination in a June 27 runoff election.
May 19 – Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, Pennsylvania
The third major test of Trump’s endorsement power this month is in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, where Rep. Thomas Massie is facing a challenge from Trump-backed Ed Gallrein.
Massie has long been one of Trump’s most vocal GOP critics in Congress, repeatedly taking aim at the president over the Epstein files and foreign policy.
Rep. Thomas Massie arrives for a House vote on the funding bill to reopen the government in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Trump allies have spent big bucks to boost Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL, and to take aim at Massie.
The president’s endorsement is also being tested in Georgia’s GOP gubernatorial nomination, in the 2026 race to succeed popular conservative Gov. Brian Kemp, who is term limited.
Trump has endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is trading fire in a competitive and combustible battle with healthcare executive and mega GOP donor Rick Jackson, who has infused millions of his own money in his bid. Among the others battling for the nomination in a crowded Republican field are state Attorney General Chris Carr and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
GOP candidates for Georgia governor, Rick Jackson, left, and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, right, are pictured with President Donald Trump as they campaign as Trump loyalists. (Getty Images/Rick Jackson)
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who later served in then-President Joe Biden’s administration, is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Among the other contenders in the crowded field of candidates are Mike Thurmond, a former DeKalb County CEO and former state Labor Commissioner, and former Republican lieutenant governor turned Democrat Geoff Duncan.
Republicans are hoping to flip the U.S. Senate seat up for grabs this year in Georgia. The GOP views first-term Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat seeking re-election this year. But beating Ossoff, who has built a massive war chest, won’t be easy in the southeastern battleground state.
Making matters worse for the GOP: There’s a nasty primary between major contenders Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, and former college football coach Derek Dooley, who is backed by Kemp. Trump has remained neutral to date in the Senate primary in Georgia.
May 26 – Texas
Longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn is fighting for his political life as he faces off in a runoff election against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is a MAGA firebrand and major Trump supporter.
Trump has stayed neutral in the showdown between the two Republican titans in right-leaning Texas.
Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, faces Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a GOP primary runoff election. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Antranik Tavitian/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Cornyn narrowly edged Paxton in an early March GOP primary that also included Rep. Wesley Hunt, but with no candidate topping 50%, Cornyn and Paxton advanced to the runoff.
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The winner of the runoff will face off in November with Democratic nominee James Talarico, a state representative and rising Democratic Party star who hauled in an eye-popping $27 million in fundraising the first three months of this year.
Democrats are confident, and Republicans are concerned, that if Paxton wins the GOP nomination, Republicans will have a harder time in the general election holding the seat. And similar to the Senate race in Ohio, the showdown in Texas is one of a handful across the country that may determine if the GOP holds the majority.
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Estados Unidos retirará más de 5.000 soldados de sus bases en Alemania tras las tensiones con líderes de la OTAN
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump anunció el sábado que Estados Unidos reducirá significativamente su presencia militar en Alemania, decisión que tensa aún más su relación con el canciller Friedrich Merz mientras busca disminuir el compromiso de Washington con la seguridad europea.
El Pentágono informó el viernes que unos 5.000 soldados de las fuerzas de EEUU serían retirados del territorio alemán. Consultado sobre la medida, el mandatario republicano indicó que la reducción será aún mayor: “Vamos a reducir muchísimo. Y vamos a reducir mucho más que 5.000”.
El ministro de Defensa alemán, Boris Pistorius, restó importancia a la noticia y recordó que la reducción ya estaba prevista. Pistorius señaló que las naciones europeas deben asumir una mayor responsabilidad en su propia defensa, aunque destacó que la cooperación en seguridad beneficia tanto a Europa como a Estados Unidos.
Trump anunció la reducción militar tras sus críticas a los aliados europeos por su falta de apoyo a la campaña conjunta con Israel contra el régimen iraní. El inquilino de la Casa Blanca cuestionó a líderes como el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz, el presidente español Pedro Sánchez y el primer ministro británico Keir Starmer.
La semana pasada, Merz criticó la estrategia estadounidense utilizada contra el país persa, acusó a Estados Unidos de ser “humillado” por el liderazgo iraní y señaló la ausencia de un plan claro de Washington.
En otro frente de tensión, Trump acusó a la Unión Europea de incumplir su acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos y, por este motivo, anunció que incrementará al 25% los aranceles a automóviles y camiones producidos en el bloque a partir de la próxima semana. Esta medida impactaría especialmente a Alemania, importante fabricante de vehículos.
Cabe mencionar que la salida de 5 mil soldados estadounidenses del país germano representa cerca de una séptima parte de los 36.000 militares estadounidenses desplegados actualmente en el país. El Pentágono no precisó qué unidades u operaciones se verán afectadas por la decisión castrense.
El retiro de los 5.000 efectivos está programado para concretarse en los próximos seis a doce meses, según el Departamento de Guerra de EEUU. Trump ya había anunciado un retiro de 9.500 militares durante su primer mandato, medida que no se implementó, y que fue cancelada formalmente por el ex presidente Joe Biden tras asumir en 2021.
En términos generales, entre 80.000 y 100.000 efectivos estadounidenses suelen estar desplegados en Europa, dependiendo de ejercicios y rotaciones. Washington reforzó su presencia tras la invasión rusa a Ucrania en febrero de 2022.
La portavoz de la OTAN, Allison Hart, señaló en la red social X que la alianza transatlántica “trabaja con Estados Unidos para comprender los detalles de su decisión sobre el despliegue en Alemania” y subrayó la necesidad de que Europa aumente la inversión en defensa y asuma una mayor cuota de responsabilidad en la seguridad compartida. Hart mencionó avances hacia el objetivo de que cada país aliado invierta el 5% de su producción económica en defensa.
Desde Washington, el vdel Pentágono, Sean Parnell, informó que la decisión de reducir la presencia militar responde a “una revisión exhaustiva del emplazamiento de fuerzas del Departamento de Defensa en Europa” y toma en cuenta los requisitos operativos y condiciones sobre el terreno.
“La decisión de retirar soldados en Alemania sigue a un proceso integral y de múltiples capas que incorpora perspectivas de líderes clave en EUCOM y a lo largo de la cadena de mando”, señaló en un correo electrónico el secretario de prensa interino del Pentágono, Joel Valdez, en referencia al Comando Europeo de Estados Unidos.
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