1 week ago - The video, posted by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley, alleged nearly a dozen day care centers in Minnesota that are receiving public funds are not actually providing any service.

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

1 day 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.

1 day 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 - Portions of the 42-minute video — mostly scenes where Shirley is turned away at the day cares — went viral in conservative circles, catching the attention of the Trump administration, which was already at work targeting Minnesota’s Somali community amid its broader war on immigrants. The video, which has been viewed more than 2.2 million times on YouTube and millions more on other platforms, sparked a renewed crackdown in Minneapolis, with the Department of Homeland Security announcing on Monday it would visit 30 sites suspected of fraud across the city.

1 day ago - The video shows Shirley and a man identified as “David” as they visit 10 Minneapolis child care centers that allegedly received public funding to see whether the businesses are actually taking care of children.

4 days ago - President Donald J. Trump and his Administration are unleashing a relentless assault to dismantle the massive fraud empires built in Minnesota under the watch of incompetent Democrats like Tim Walz and his Radical Left enablers. Fueled by shocking video from Nick Shirley and tenacious reporting by Alpha News exposing the Somali-dominated scams that have bled taxpayers dry, this Administration is spearheading a no-holds-barred effort to hunt down and prosecute the criminals who have exploited Democrats’ non-existent oversight to bilk hardworking taxpayers out of billions of dollars.

6 days ago - NEW: 'David' from Nick Shirley's viral Minnesota fraud video offers $100,000 to anyone who can prove his information wrong. The offer was made outside the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis.

5 days ago - Nick Shirley, a 23-year-old self-described "independent YouTube journalist," posted the 42-minute video on X and YouTube the day after Christmas. In it, he and an older man — identified only as "David" — visit various seemingly empty day ...

1 day ago - The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families released the update a week after Shirley posted the video on YouTube and claimed to uncover around $100 million in fraud at Somali-run childcare centers that weren't actually serving any kids.

1 day ago - Updated: 8:12 AM EST Jan 5, 2026 ... 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 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 - Shirley’s 42-minute video, which has garnered over 40 million views, documented visits to multiple licensed child care facilities in Minnesota that appeared inactive or deserted.

5 days ago - By Monday, DHS began posting videos showing agents from Homeland Security Investigations entering what it called “suspected fraud sites,” as some members of the state legislature demanded a new investigation.

1 day 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 video by Nick Shirley, which has received millions of views across multiple social media platforms since being posted over the weekend, accused nearly a dozen centres of not providing any services or having any children present when Mr Shirley ...

4 days ago - It is the story of fraud in Minnesota, which federal prosecutors estimate could top $9 billion. A viral social media video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, which was amplified by Elon Musk, Vice President J.D.

10 hours ago - Shirley’s video gained a lot of traction because it was promoted by some of the most powerful and followed accounts on social media—but it went mega-viral because of its form. It’s true that local and national news reported on fraud in Minnesota, but there’s nothing quite like watching a secret get revealed on video, especially if you believe that everyone is trying to suppress it.