Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces backlash after praising departing prosecutor Joe Thompson, despite calling for his firing just one week earlier.

Minnesota’s Department of Human Services is appealing a decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to withhold more than $2 billion in Medicaid funding from the state in 14 programs deemed to be at high risk for fraud.

Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust.

Federal prosecutor Joe Thompson, who led the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud investigation, has resigned from Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's Office.

A 42-minute video from a conservative content creator in Minnesota has provided the Trump administration with yet another opportunity to argue that federal safety net programs are plagued by widespread fraud.

A Boston Police deputy superintendent is suing the department and the city over a demotion the officer claimed was motivated by his investigation of alleged detail fraud.

IRS called to investigate CAIR-California tax-exempt status after Chairman Jason Smith refers the nonprofit, alleging misuse of taxpayer funds and unlawful activity support.

Thompson’s resignation comes after top Justice Department officials pushed the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week.

Another challenge is that fraud is not easy to root out entirely. Historically, "only a small percentage of tax dollars lost to fraud are ever actually recovered by the government," said Bob Westbrooks, a fraud and corruption risk expert who served as executive director of the federal government’s Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

A Somali lawmaker described to the Daily Caller how his government functions as a “fraud pipeline,” siphoning U. S.

Yet “shopping” with tools like OpenAI or Perplexity could wreak havoc on companies that already struggle to distinguish between so-called good and bad bots, warns Experian in its 2026 Future of Fraud Forecast,