Vice President JD Vance announced on February 25, 2026, at approximately 10:00 PM UTC that the Trump administration will temporarily halt certain federal Medicaid payments to Minnesota due to fraud. The decision stops payments to the state government until it addresses obligations to prevent fraud against American taxpayers, according to CBS News reporting a statement from Vance (https://x.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/2026776902984241520). Vance stated, "What we're doing is we are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government, until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that's being perpetrated against the American taxpayer," as quoted by CBS News in the announcement made during the reporting window from 9:16:16 PM to 10:16:03 PM UTC. No additional official statements or confirmations from Minnesota state officials or federal agencies were reported in this 59-minute period. The action targets specific amounts of Medicaid funding amid concerns over fraudulent activities.
