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Second Feeding Our Future trial begins. U of M could lose millions from Trump's medical research cuts

Opening statements are set for Monday in the second trial to stem from what federal prosecutors say was the “single largest” fraud scheme in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar defended the U.S. Agency for International Development on CBS's “Face the Nation” Sunday. The agency has been at the center of a controversy over how much the U.S. should help other countries with foreign aid — and how that aid is spent.

And the University of Minnesota could lose millions of dollars in medical research funding under a new Trump administration policy that goes into effect Monday.

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Opening statements set in trial of Feeding Our Future leader

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