Child care advocates speak at a news conference last month in the Minnesota state capitol building in St. Paul. Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP hide caption toggle caption Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP The Trump administration has escalated its campaign against alleged benefits fraud, freezing social services funding for five Democratic-led states and announcing a new fraud-focused position in the Justice […]
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Amid fraud claims, HHS reveals changes to child care funding : NPR
Children sleep during nap time at Minnesota Child Care in Minneapolis on Dec. 30. Renee Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Renee Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it would rescind a series of Biden-era rules […]
HHS says it’s freezing child care payments to Minnesota after fraud allegations
An official with the Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has “frozen all child care payments” to the state of Minnesota after allegations of fraudulent day care centers there. In addition, HHS is tightening requirements for payments from the Administration for Children and Families to all states, requiring a justification and a […]
Ex-EU top diplomat Mogherini detained in Belgium fraud case: Reports | European Union News
Mogherini is reported to be among three in custody for suspected fraud involving an EU-funded training programme. The European Union’s former top diplomat has been detained as part of an anti-fraud probe relating to a diplomatic training programme, according to Belgian media reports. Federica Mogherini, who served as EU foreign policy chief from 2014 to […]
Democrat Eric Swalwell faces federal criminal inquiry for alleged mortgage fraud | US politics
The Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell is the latest target of Trump’s retribution campaign against his critics, the congressman confirmed on Thursday. NBC News reports that Swalwell is facing a federal criminal investigation for alleged mortgage fraud, just as three other Democratic officials have faced in recent months. The outlet says the director of the Federal […]