Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison will testify under oath next month in congressional investigation into alleged $9 billion Minnesota welfare fraud scandal.

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, amid the ongoing fraud scandal​ in the state, said Friday that it's looking into 158 providers who receive funding from a program aimed at making child care affordable for its residents.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked a scandal around the theft of federal funds intended for social-welfare programs in Minnesota as a rationale for sending thousands of immigration enforcement agents into the Midwest state.

Sen. Joni Ernst's new bill would create early-warning systems for federal fraud, require documented attendance for child care payments, and mandate recovery of improper payments.

The convicted mastermind of the staggering $250 million welfare fraud scam in Minnesota has moaned in a jailhouse interview about having “lost everything” as she faces up to 33 years in prison. As the head of the infamous nonprofit Feeding Our Future,

Republicans, who haven’t won a statewide race in Minnesota in two decades, see a moment to break through. But there are still many factors stacked against them.

Following widespread allegations of child care fraud in Minnesota, a West Virginia official told lawmakers on Tuesday that similar issues haven’t been found here. The federal government sends money to states to subsidize the cost of care for low-income children.

In December 2025, the independent journalist and YouTuber Nick Shirley posted a video in which he claimed that day care centers in Minnesota run by Somali Americans received milli

Federal officials give Minnesota 60-day ultimatum amid alleged childcare fraud scandal involving millions in taxpayer dollars and compliance issues.

The federal prosecutor who formerly helmed the effort to root out wrongdoing in Minnesota welfare programs has called the state “the leader in fraud.” Officials are investigating more than a dozen social services programs that federal prosecutors say could have lost some $9 billion to fraud since 2018.

Faye Bernstein worked for the Minnesota Department of Human Services when her concerns about fraud started in 2018.