{"id":1558,"date":"2026-01-02T18:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:31:29","slug":"new-senior-house-republican-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=1558","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Senior House Republican Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Emmer\u2019s demand for potential criminal charges against Governor Tim Walz and Attorney<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.com_responsive_1\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23207117756\/trendusa1.com\/trendusa1.com_responsive_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>General Keith Ellison marks a rare moment when a sprawling bureaucratic scandal becomes a personal,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23207117756\/trendusa1.com\/trendusa1.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>high-stakes reckoning. The allegations go far beyond sloppy oversight: whistleblowers claim senior officials<\/p>\n<p>were warned about massive fraud in child nutrition, childcare assistance, housing stabilization, autism services,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.com_responsive_3\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23207117756\/trendusa1.com\/trendusa1.com_responsive_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>and other safety-net programs, yet failed to act decisively.<\/p>\n<p>With estimates of up to $9 billion in combined federal and state losses, the numbers alone are staggering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>The Feeding Our Future case, with at least $250 million allegedly stolen and dozens already convicted or pleading guilty,<\/p>\n<p>now looks like the opening chapter rather than the whole story. Investigators are probing 14 state-run programs,<\/p>\n<p>with prosecutors suggesting that as much as half of $18 billion spent since 2018 could be fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Emmer\u2019s praise for an independent journalist who uncovered dormant,<\/p>\n<p>publicly funded childcare centers underscores his core accusation:<\/p>\n<p>that outsiders found in days what government either missed for years\u2014or chose not to see at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Emmer\u2019s demand for potential criminal charges against Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison marks a rare moment when a sprawling bureaucratic scandal becomes a personal, high-stakes reckoning. 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