Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the president’s nationwide campaign against ā€œfraudā€ in government spending.

In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use ā€œevery available toolā€ to combat ā€œwaste, fraud and abuseā€ within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including ā€œwithholding administrative funds from statesā€ for the first time in history.

There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department.

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    3 months ago

    Being AGAINST Fraud means NOT Taking Bribes! NOT giving Handouts to Illegal Immigrants that FIRED Hundreds of Thousands of Americans! NOT using Taxpayer Dollars on Vanity Projects! NOT giving my Friends Billions of Dollars in a Slush Fund! NOT giving Single moms Unemployment Benefits! And there’s NO WAY this Backfires!