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Brian Mann, NPR News, Washington.

Researchers say the supply of fentanyl reaching U.S.

communities dried up the last two years Biden was in office, while its potency also fell.

Keith Humphries at Stanford University is a co-lead author.

That's a big drop.

The study in science found drug deaths from fentanyl also fell by one-third during Biden's last year in office.

But Humphreys and other drug policy experts say Biden never told the American people about those gains.

Since taking office, President Trump has reframed the fentanyl issue, dismantling many of Biden's programs and focusing on an increasingly militarized drug war.

Brian Mann, NPR News.

Last week, a 23-year-old MAGA-linked activist posted a video to YouTube claiming he had found evidence that child care centers run by Somali Americans in Minnesota were cheating the federal government.

Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill then posted a video saying child care funds nationwide will be released only when states prove they're being spent legitimately.

This disruption will affect hundreds of thousands of children in low-income families in all 50 states.

NPR asked the Department of Health and Human Services press office if they found concrete evidence of serious or widespread wrongdoing.

They've not responded.

Brian Mann, NPR News.

Last week, a 23-year-old MAGA-linked activist posted a video to YouTube claiming he had found evidence that child care centers run by Somali Americans in Minnesota were cheating the federal government.

Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill then posted a video saying child care funds nationwide will be released only when states prove they're being spent legitimately.

This disruption will affect hundreds of thousands of children in low-income families in all 50 states.

NPR asked the Department of Health and Human Services press office if they found concrete evidence of serious or widespread wrongdoing.

They've not responded.