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Wednesday, Dec 31st, 2025 - The Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday it has frozen federal child care funding for the state of Minnesota, citing viral fraud allegations . Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill announced the move in a post on X , writing that "blatant fraud ... appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country." "We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud," he wrote. O'Neill cited a ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration must allow funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue. The watchdog, which supporters say protects US consumers from financial harm by powerful banks, lenders and corporations, is at risk of collapsing after Donald Trump vowed to shutter it since he returned to office this year. The agency's acting director, Russell Vought, said ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - When the powerful try to bury the truth, we dig it up. Your membership ensures HuffPost reporters can chase the stories others ignore, expose wrongdoing, and deliver the facts without compromise. Stand with fearless journalism. Already a member? NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping the rate unchanged, minutes released Tuesday show, underscoring the divisions and uncertainty permeating the central bank. At their December 9-10 meeting, Fed officials agreed to cut their key interest rate by a quarter point for the third time this year, to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - A 19-year-old who fell while hiking on Southern California's Mount Baldy and two others were found dead during the search and rescue effort for the teen, authorities said. The recovery effort for the three deceased hikers is underway, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said on Tuesday. Amid dangerous conditions, Mount Baldy is now closed until New Year's Day to "protect natural resources and provide for ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - A federal judge in California this week allowed officials to share some Medicaid information — including addresses and phone numbers — with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help that agency in its efforts to identify, arrest and deport immigrants suspected of living in the U.S. illegally. The ruling amounts to a partial legal victory for the Trump administration and its efforts to carry out a ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - WASHINGTON (AP) — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as "subclade K," led to early outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. In the U.S., flu typically begins its winter march in December. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported high or very high ...