(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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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(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
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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(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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(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
(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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(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
(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
(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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(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
(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
(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
(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
