VANCE FRAUD CRACKDOWN LOOMS

Vice President JD Vance is set to huddle with 15 state attorneys general Tuesday as the White House turns its anti-fraud push into a state-by-state showdown over taxpayer-funded benefits. The task force, launched in March with Vance at the helm, is zeroing in on eligibility checks, pre-payment controls and wider data sharing after a string of high-profile cases — including Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future scandal, where Aimee Bock was sentenced to more than 41 years in prison for a $250 million scheme. Democrats are mostly staying away, Republicans are largely showing up, and the fight now lands on one explosive question: how far Washington will go to police fraud without turning benefits enforcement into a political weapon.