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Monday, October 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Massive fraud found in federal drug pricing program

Investigative journalist Nick Shirley created a nationwide sensation when he uncovered $110 million in suspicious government payments to daycare centers operated by Somali-Americans in Minnesota in “one day alone.”

This successful effort to fight fraud received praise from the Trump administration. It also led to concrete action as President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing an official “Fraud Task Force.” Trump selected Vice President J.D. Vance as the “Fraud Czar” to lead this campaign.

The President called the problem “massive and pervasive” with “numbers so large” that if the task force is “successful, we would literally be able to balance our American Budget.”

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