Senate Republican expands childcare fraud crackdown to more blue states

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance speak about efforts to combat waste and fraud live from the White House. FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is expanding his childcare fraud investigation, going beyond Minnesota and into several other blue states. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., is widening the net of his crackdown on fraud to include New York, Michigan and Oregon. Cassidy initially launched his fraud hunt to target Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and demanded the former vice presidential candidate provide receipts for a litany of childcare-related grants and federal funding that were at the heart of the Minnesota fraud scandal. 'TIP OF THE ICEBERG': SENATE REPUBLICANS PRESS GOV WALZ OVER MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDAL Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is expanding his childcare fraud investigation into severa