An official with the Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has "frozen all child care payments" to the state of Minnesota after allegations of fraudulent day care centers there.

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is freezing federal child-care funding to Minnesota following allegations of yearslong fraud schemes involving the state’s social-services system.

"While we have questions about some of the methods that were used in the video, we do take the concerns that the video raises about fraud very seriously," said Tikki Brown, commissioner of the new Min...