The Senate confirmed Colin McDonald on Tuesday as the Justice Department's top fraud prosecutor, putting a veteran federal attorney in charge of a sweeping effort to recover billions of taxpayer dollars lost to state-level fraud schemes.
A new state audit has confirmed what critics long suspected: Minnesota's Department of Human Services sat on credible Medicaid kickback allegations for years while falsely claiming it had no authority to investigate them.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday creating a new federal task force to root out fraud in government benefit programs, naming Vice President JD Vance to lead the effort.
A Georgia state representative has pleaded guilty to making false statements after failing to report income while collecting pandemic unemployment benefits.
Arizona Senate Republicans have advanced four bills aimed at tightening oversight of the state’s administration of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
