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Trump Admin Announced It’s Freezing Child Care Payments to Minnesota

HeadlineDec 31, 2025

The Trump administration announced that it is freezing all child care funds to Minnesota. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill said that the move was in response to the work of right-wing, anti-Muslim influencer Nick Shirley, who published a video claiming he found that daycare centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis had committed fraud. Shirley’s video provided scant evidence of his claims but was retweeted by Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk.

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