A political firestorm is ripping through Minnesota as federal scrutiny tightens over alleged childcare and nutrition-fund fraud. Trump’s team has frozen Minnesota’s childcare payments, citing what they call a massive and long-ignored pattern of misuse. The controversy accelerated after commentator Nick Shirley released videos showing allegedly empty, subsidized Somali-run childcare centers, clips that triggered a fresh wave of national debate and intensified public pressure on the Biden administration. In response, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) halted federal payments pending verification of how funds were being spent. WATCH 

High-stakes diplomacy is reshaping the future of the Ukraine war after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine have been agreed for a period of at least 15 years following talks with President Donald Trump in Florida.