The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pausing all child care payments to Minnesota, amid a sweeping federal probe into allegations of fraud within the state's social services programs. Citing a video released Friday by independent journalist Nick Shirley detailing his investigation into day care centers and other businesses, HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill said Tuesday on the social platform X that the move is necessary amid "blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota."