Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’

The move comes amid Trump's targeting of Minnesota leaders and the state's Somali community.

The Trump administration froze federal childcare funding to the state in the wake of a viral video from a conservative influencer alleging daycare fraud.

Officials claim to find ‘rampant fraud’ in childcare funding, but prosecutions began in Biden era and Tim Walz says ‘we’ve spent years cracking down on it’

Move comes after a conservative YouTuber claimed daycare centres run by Somali Americans were defrauding the state.

Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’