The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspended all federal funding to the State of Minnesota and Minneapolis effective immediately due to massive fraud involving billions siphoned off by fraudsters, according to a USDA statement shared by @RapidResponse47 on X between 11:16 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. UTC on Jan. 9, 2026. The Trump administration stated that Minnesota officials have no plan to address the fraud, tagging Gov. Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) in the announcement posted within the 29-minute reporting window. "No more handouts to thieves! Time to drain the Minnesota swamp," the statement read. In a separate development during the same period, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told @J_Insider he will work to expedite halting U.S. aid to Israel following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that Israel aims to end reliance on U.S. military aid within a decade, according to @emilyfjacobs on X. Graham said, "I'm going to work on expediting the wind down of the aid & recommend we plow the money back into our own military." Netanyahu stated Israel "has come of age and we have developed incredible capacities," as quoted in the report shared in the window. New York City Mayor Eric Adams affirmed on X that chants supporting a terrorist organization have no place in the city and pledged continued safety measures for houses of worship alongside the right to protest, in a post from @NYCMayor within the reporting window.
