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Podcast: Americast
Episode: How did a YouTuber stop federal funding to Minnesota?
Description: The Trump administration has frozen child care payments for the state of Minnesota after the conservative YouTuber, Nick Shirley, alleged that several centres run by Somali immigrants were taking public money without providing care. The video has received significant attention from figures like JD Vance and Elon Musk since being uploaded, prompting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to declare the agency would target "blatant fraud that seems to be rampant in Minnesota".Despite the administration’s response to the story, some mainstream media outlets have not found evidence of fraud, while some conservatives feel th...