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Eugene

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11. Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:41 PM

Dec 31

Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states (The Guardian)

Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’

The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing all childcare payments to all states, an official for Donald Trump’s administration told ABC News in a report published Wednesday, just hours after department officials announced that they had frozen childcare funding to Minnesota.

States’ funds, the unnamed official said, will be released “only when states prove they are being spent legitimately”.

The department did not immediately reply to a Guardian request for comment on the report, but HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told ABC News that “it’s the onus of the state to make sure that these funds, these federal dollars, taxpayer dollars, are being used for legitimate purposes”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hits back as Trump administration freezes state's child care funds amid fraud claims [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 31 OP

GQP's goal is to defund blue states.................... Lovie777 Dec 31 #1

Then, we need to stop paying them. OldBaldy1701E Dec 31 #7

This is a Trump wet dream - a blue state with a governor he hates and a group of people he's always hated involved. Vinca Dec 31 #2

Looks like there is a lot of fraud hueymahl Dec 31 #3

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Attitudes toward what we call fraud is culturally driven marshall Jan 1 #13

Godfather 2 Homage? OC375 Dec 31 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author rampartd Dec 31 #6

No OC375 Dec 31 #8

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10-4 OC375 Dec 31 #10

Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states Eugene Dec 31 #11

WTF?!! electric_blue68 Dec 31 #12

based on one video by a right-wing "influencer?" RussBLib Jan 1 #14

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