State lawmakers to testify before House Oversight Committee on Minnesota fraud allegations
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Minnesota state representatives are set to testify during a Republican-led House Oversight Committee hearing on allegations of fraud and misuse of federal funds in the state. Follow for live updates
• Minnesota state representatives will testify this morning in a Republican-led US House Oversight Committee hearing on allegations of fraud and misuse of federal funds in that state. • The hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, comes after a conservative content creator’s video spotlighted yearslong welfare-fraud allegations in Minnesota. Federal officials have since frozen child care payments to the state, whose leaders have until Friday to give the Trump administration information about providers and parents who gets such funds. • Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat expected to testify before the same committee next month, dropped his reelection bid amid the controversy. • The state is also facing an immigration crackdown amid a nationwide enforcement push by the Trump administration, which deployed around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis, two law enforcement sources told CNN. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Mehmet Oz said Tuesday he has sent a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz notifying him that the federal agency will audit the state’s Medicaid billing and defer payments on claims based on waste, fraud and abuse. CMS will also withhold additional payments if it finds more fraud “until the state cleans up its act,” Oz said, noting that Minnesota has a rainy day fund that could cover any shortfalls if CMS actions affect beneficiaries.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is preparing the state National Guard for possible deployment after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Follow for live news updates.
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