2 days ago - “It’s staggering, industrial-scale ... journalist” whose recent productions include one called “Inside the Muslim vs Christian Battle Growing in America,” entered the picture—and turned the Minnesota controversy into ...

2 days ago - The specter of welfare fraud haunts the Democrats once again. Concerns about abuse of generous government programs helped power the rise of Reagan-era conservatism in the 1970s and ’80s. Could the criminal abuse of hundreds of millions of dollars in welfare costs in Minnesota, which has brought down the state’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, be leveraged to similar broad political effect today?

1 week ago - Youtuber Nick Shirley posted a video over the weekend titled, "I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal."

1 week ago - Can we talk to you? This is mega YouTuber Nick Shirley back at *** daycare in Minnesota he alleged was *** fraudulent facility in *** now viral video. People are going to say this is *** left or right issue, but no, fraud is fraud, so I'm not ...

4 days ago - The 43-minute video, posted to ... creator, claimed with little evidence Somali-run child care centers in Minnesota were fraudulently taking funding meant to provide child care for low-income families....

1 week ago - The move comes after a right-wing influencer posted a video Friday claiming he had found that day care centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis had committed up to $100 million in fraud.

1 week ago - State officials announced new unannounced visits to Twin Cities daycares featured in a viral video alleging rampant fraud. The video, produced by a self-proclaimed independent journalist, has gained millions of views online.

2 weeks ago - (FOX 9) - Minnesota officials revealed ... evidence of fraud. ... In the video, YouTuber Nick Shirley claimed to uncover $110 million in fraud during a visit to 10 day care centers in Minnesota....

4 days ago - YouTuber Nick Shirley drew tens of millions of views in late December when he posted a video that showed him visiting federally supported child care centers around Minneapolis and finding no children present.

3 weeks ago - Gov. Tim Walz and officials with the Minnesota Department of Human Services on Friday cast doubt on a federal prosecutor’s estimate that fraud in state-run Medicaid programs since 2018 could total over $9 billion. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson on Thursday said providers in 14 ...

1 week ago - The vlog-style recording has blown up online after a federal investigation involving Minnesota’s fraudulent Feeding Our Future nonprofit was determined to be diverting millions in funds for low-income children during the pandemic.

1 week ago - Authorities stress that the day-care sites in conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley’s footage are now part of an expanded investigative map. Still, they have not publicly alleged a specific dollar figure of confirmed fraud tied to those particular ...

November 29, 2025 - Fraud has already become a central issue in a competitive governor’s race. Lisa Demuth, a Republican and current Minnesota House speaker, accused the governor of raising taxes while letting “fraud run wild” in a video announcing her bid to replace Mr.

15 hours ago - It warned that "Minnesota's limited ... documentation could increase the risk of fraud, waste and abuse to the CCAP program". In December 2025, YouTuber Nick Shirley released a viral video on claims of childcare fraud in Minnesota, resulting in national scrutiny on allegations of ...