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Health officials in Trump administration freeze $259 million dollars in Medicaid payments

Minnesota won’t get federal payments for quarterly Medicaid services unless it supplies a corrective plan and more data to the federal government.

Health officials in the Trump administration froze $259 million dollars in payments bound for the state. It’s an action that targets Minnesota alone but that Vice President JD Vance said could be replicated in other states.

Gov. Tim Walz says the freeze has nothing to do with fraud, and that the administration is weaponizing the federal government to punish Democratic-led states like Minnesota.

Federal officials say fewer than 1,000 immigration agents are left in Minnesota — less than a quarter of the number that were here at the peak of the federal immigration surge.

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest for the State of the Union address, Aliya Rahman, says she was hospitalized and arrested during President Donald Trump’s speech.

The Minnesota Frost will have its first game after the Winter Olympics this Sunday in Montreal. Six players on the team returned home this week from Milan-Cortina where they won the gold as members of the Team USA hockey.

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Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

Federal officials: Fewer than 1,000 immigration agents remain in Minnesota

Minnesotan Aliyah Rahman arrested and injured at Trump's State of the Union

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