Tim Walz announced on Monday he won’t seek reelection to a third term amid mounting criticism over a welfare-fraud scandal in his state. It’s also frozen all federal funds to the state’s child care centers as federal officials investigate the matter. “Make no mistake: We should be concerned about fraud in our state government,” Walz said on Monday. She has been getting “a lot of outreach encouraging her to run,” the source told HuffPost, but has made no final decision. Walz blasted Trump and other Republicans in his state for politicizing the welfare fraud scandal and blaming the state’s large Somali community writ large.

Source: Huffington Post January 05, 2026 15:53 UTC