Live Updates: Trump Administration Withholds Medicaid Funds for California and Minnesota Over Fraud Claims - The New York Times

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Withholds Medicaid Funds for California and Minnesota

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President Trump returning to Joint Base Andrews on Sunday.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

What We’re Covering Today

• Medicaid Funds: The Trump administration is withholding more federal funding for Medicaid from two states, California and Minnesota, over allegations of fraud in their public health insurance programs. Read more ›

• Iran War: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time to ask for $87 billion more to fund the Iran war. Mr. Hegseth and General Caine have not publicly talked about the conflict in depth since May. They are likely to be asked about the recent attacks that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan and Iraq and the strategy behind the military’s resumption of strikes in Iran.

• Intelligence Pick: The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on whether to advance Jay Clayton’s nomination to become director of national intelligence. Democrat lawmakers last week grilled Mr. Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, after he refused to say whether Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won the 2020 election.

Live Updates: Trump Administration Withholds Medicaid Funds for California and Minnesota Over Fraud Claims - The New York Times