🔎 A review of court records suggests that the total cost of the alleged fraud in Minnesota social services programs prosecuted to date is far below the "billions" figure cited by President Trump and his allies. (Star Tribune)
👀 Minnesota's Department of Human Servicessays it doesn't have a full tally, but state data shows that payments for autism and housing services rocked by fraud concerns have increased by hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years.
✍️ State Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka) wrote a letter to Trump defending Somalis and inviting the president to come see how the community is "woven into Minnesota's fabric." (MPR News)
"It grieves me to see the way that the political discourse has gone in the country, both on the right and the left," Abeler, one of a small number of state Republicans to publicly push back against the president's remarks, told MPR.
🚌 A new rapid transit bus line connecting the University of Minnesota to Uptown and Edina launched Saturday. (KSTP)
🏈 The Vikings ended a four-game losing streak with a 31-0 win over the Washington Commanders. (ESPN)
