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The White House is sharply criticizing Minnesota’s handling of a major pandemic-era fraud case, arguing that state leaders failed to act as the scheme grew and allowed more than a billion dollars in federal child-nutrition money to be stolen.
Massive fraud blamed on dozens of Minnesota residents of Somali descent has jumped to national attention, with House Republicans launching an investigation into how pervasive corruption in the state’s social-services system was allowed to fester under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s administration.
St. Cloud, eight years removed from its 2017 refugee debate, stood with Somali neighbors after Trump's recent comments about Somali immigrants.
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What to know about Minnesota’s ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud at the center of Trump’s latest crackdown
Trump administration officials are cracking down on a series of alleged fraud schemes in Minnesota — and ending protections for certain Somalian migrants.
Dozens of people have been charged by federal prosecutors with fraud in connection with the stolen funds, mostly from a food nutrition program for children overseen by Governor and former
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Isaq Abdi works 15-hour days as the right-hand boy of a Somali woman who sells the narcotic leaf khat. Abdi tends the kiosk and delivers the mild stimulant to customers. At day’s end, the homeless boy receives his reward: A ...
Somalia is facing one of the most severe emergencies in the worst global hunger crisis this century. As the Horn of Africa faces its worst drought in 40 years, 1.5 million children in Somalia – or one in five - could face deadly forms of malnutrition by ...
Nairobi, Kenya-- More children are being caught in attacks and crossfire across south and central Somalia, the U.N.'s children's agency said Tuesday. UNICEF said that 24 children were killed in conflict in Somalia in October, nearly double the child ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An airstrike in a town in Somalia caused several casualties, including children, residents and authorities said, while three members of an al-Qaida-linked extremist group were killed. The U.S. military in a statement Friday said ...
Minnesota’s governor said the president’s xenophobic remarks were dangerous as the state continued to face fiscal questions about a fraud scandal.
President Trump continued verbal attacks on Minnesota's Somali community on Wednesday. During a tirade while discussing alleged fraud in Minnesota's social services systems, Trump called immigrants from Somalia "garbage" and said "they've destroyed our country.
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