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WATCH: House hearing: Fraud goes far beyond Minnesota

Wed, 21 Jan 2026
WATCH: House hearing: Fraud goes far beyond Minnesota

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance heard Wednesday from witnesses on the ongoing Minnesota fraud scandal.

Republicans and Democrats on the committee sparred over what Democrats consider the politicization of... Read more


Reports: Walz, Frey, Ellison among those issued subpoenas by U.S. Justice

Tue, 20 Jan 2026
Reports: Walz, Frey, Ellison among those issued subpoenas by U.S. Justice

(The Center Square) – High-ranking Minnesota elected officials on Tuesday were served subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to multiple reports.

Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her... Read more


Trump urges arrests after church protest in St. Paul

Tue, 20 Jan 2026
Trump urges arrests after church protest in St. Paul

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump called for protestors to be “thrown in jail” following a protest which disrupted a Sunday morning service in St. Paul.

Trump’s words join the national outcry that was sparked by the protest,... Read more


Entitlement fraud costs taxpayers billions ... or trillions, dwarfing Minnesota

Tue, 20 Jan 2026
Entitlement fraud costs taxpayers billions ... or trillions, dwarfing Minnesota

(The Center Square) — Since 2020, fraudsters have scammed at least $36 billion and as much as $3 trillion in tax money from federal entitlement programs, dwarfing the amount federal prosecutors claim was stolen in Minnesota's federal food aid scandal known as Feeding Our Future, an investigation by The Center Square found.The Center Square... Read more


Exclusive: St. Paul church congregant says 'we were surrounded'

Mon, 19 Jan 2026
Exclusive: St. Paul church congregant says 'we were surrounded'

(The Center Square) – A member of Cities Church said protesters who disrupted a Sunday morning service in St. Paul were seated throughout the congregation before the service began.

Caleb Phillips, speaking with The Center Square in an exclusive... Read more


DOJ investigating anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church

Mon, 19 Jan 2026
DOJ investigating anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a protest that disrupted a Sunday morning church service in Minnesota.

Video posted by Black Lives Matter Minnesota, one of the organizers for the event, shows... Read more


Use of Army troops not appearing imminent

Mon, 19 Jan 2026
Use of Army troops not appearing imminent

(The Center Square) – Amid mentions by the president, use of active-duty Army troops on American soil to quell unrest via an 1807 federal law hasn’t taken place since verdicts announced in 1992 following the beating of Rodney King.

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Group wants records on Minnesota child care assistance program

Fri, 16 Jan 2026
Group wants records on Minnesota child care assistance program

(The Center Square) – A Washington, D.C.–based oversight organization has formally asked the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families to provide internal records that relate to the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, citing concerns about fraud.

On Jan.... Read more


Op-Ed: Minnesota fraud Is a national security failure

Fri, 16 Jan 2026
Op-Ed: Minnesota fraud Is a national security failure

Every American should be alarmed by the ongoing fraud investigation in Minnesota. What started on social media and initially appeared to be yet another case of government waste has evolved into something far more troubling: a national security failure.

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St. Paul students marked absent after protests against ICE

Thu, 15 Jan 2026
St. Paul students marked absent after protests against ICE

(The Center Square) – Hundreds of students from high schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, walked out of class this week to protest the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Twin Cities, leading the district to mark participating students absent or tardy.

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Trump threatens invoking Insurrection Act after Venezuelan national shot

Thu, 15 Jan 2026
Trump threatens invoking Insurrection Act after Venezuelan national shot

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue.

"If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop... Read more


Despite promises, MN Dems kept some of their fraud-linked Somali donations

Thu, 15 Jan 2026
Despite promises, MN Dems kept some of their fraud-linked Somali donations

(The Center Square) - In an attempt to distance themselves from the Feeding Our Future fraud, Minnesota politicians vowed to return their tainted donations, but an investigation by The Center Square found that some did not follow through with their promises.

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Protected status to end for Somalis in U.S.

Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Protected status to end for Somalis in U.S.

(The Center Square) – While fraud investigations surrounding millions of taxpayer dollars and day cares in Minnesota continue, the Trump administration ended temporary protection status for Somalis.

The status change is expected to impact the nearly 2,500 Somalis living... Read more


Fed charges: Yemeni, Haitian nationals stole millions in SNAP benefits

Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Fed charges: Yemeni, Haitian nationals stole millions in SNAP benefits

(The Center Square) – It’s not just Somalians in Minnesota charged in a widescale scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded federal welfare programs.

Haitian and Yemeni immigrants have also been charged with stealing tens of millions of dollars from the Supplemental... Read more


States sue feds over gender ideology rules on health grants

Tue, 13 Jan 2026
States sue feds over gender ideology rules on health grants

(The Center Square) – New York, California and Oregon are leading 12 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over allegedly threatening to withhold billions of dollars in grants unless states illegally discriminate against transgender people.

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Minnesota lawmakers respond to AG’s lawsuit against DHS

Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Minnesota lawmakers respond to AG’s lawsuit against DHS

(The Center Square) – Several Minnesota state lawmakers are speaking out following the joint lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over ICE operations in the state by Attorney General Keith Ellison.

“Instead of working with the... Read more


California leads suit to preserve U.S. Department of Education

Tue, 13 Jan 2026
California leads suit to preserve U.S. Department of Education

(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a massive multi-state coalition, has expanded a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

The amended complaint, filed in the U.S.... Read more


Congresswoman says Trump administration playing politics with families, farms

Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Congresswoman says Trump administration playing politics with families, farms

(The Center Square) – A Minnesota congresswoman says the Trump administration is playing politics and hurting Minnesota families after it decided to stop nearly $130 million in federal funding following massive fraud allegations.

Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., said on... Read more


Retirements and resignations to impact midterms as balance of power at stake

Sat, 10 Jan 2026
Retirements and resignations to impact midterms as balance of power at stake

(The Center Square) – Over the past several months, politicians once regarded as central to their party have bowed out of reelection campaigns or resigned from their positions altogether.

In the past week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ended his... Read more


Treasury, IRS ramp up investigation into Minnesota fraud

Fri, 09 Jan 2026
Treasury, IRS ramp up investigation into Minnesota fraud

(The Center Square) – The administration continues to ramp up its response to the massive social services fraud in Minnesota, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent enumerating steps his department is taking to prevent similar abuses going forward.

“I am... Read more


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