Walz unveils anti-fraud package after Trump administration threatens to halt Medicaid funds

ST. PAUL, Minn., (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz denounced the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a “retribution” campaign as he unveiled a package of legislation Thursday intended to fight fraud in public programs, a persistent problem that provided an impetus for the federal government’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

The Democratic governor made the announcement a day after Vice President JD Vance said the administration would “temporarily...