JUST IN: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed the state Department of Health to consider ending the state’s Medicaid social adult day care benefit. The directive came on the same day that state and federal investigators carried out a crackdown on providers suspected of fraud, and on the same day that Hochul announced 16 arrests in a separate auto insurance fraud investigation. Hochul, a Democrat, stated at an Oct. 20 press conference that she had told the department to look at “all options to eliminate continued fraud, waste and abuse.” Those options include phasing out the benefit and moving participants to other services for older New Yorkers. The department’s recommendations are due by Dec. 31.

JUST IN: It’s getting easier for parents to claim an eligible child’s Trump Account. An insert with information about Trump Accounts will now be issued with newborns’ Social Security cards. It provides straightforward instructions for applicants to claim their account and receive a one-time $1,000 deposit from the government, according to an Oct. 20 statement from the Social Security Administration (SSA). “Social Security is providing families with the tools to get started right away on this generational opportunity to build a strong financial foundation for their children’s future,” SSA Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano said in the statement. The insert accompanies Social Security cards issued to newborns through the Enumeration at Birth program, which lets parents request a Social Security number as part of the birth registration. Eligible children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, may receive the one-time contribution. The insert asks parents or guardians to download the Trump Accounts app from TrumpAccountsgov, sign up for the program, and wait for communication from the Treasury Department to activate the account before receiving the $1,000.

JUST IN: DOGE should not have been granted access to sensitive federal employee data, a federal judge ruled. Granting Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) personnel access to government employee data contained in Office of Personnel Management systems violated the Privacy Act, which bars certain record disclosures and requires safeguards when disclosing other records, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said in a 39-page ruling that granted plaintiffs final judgment. “The defendants barely defend its legality, relying instead on what has happened since to argue that the case is moot and that prospective relief is unnecessary,” wrote Cote, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

JUST IN: 118 individuals have been arrested, 72 weapons recovered, and 25 child victims identified or located under Operation Not Forgotten 2026, which focused on unresolved cases in Indian country. The nationwide operation, conducted from April 1 through Sept. 30, also resulted in federal charges against 41 individuals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in an Oct. 20 statement. Operation Not Forgotten is an annual initiative prioritizing violence against children and women. This is the fourth year of the operation, with arrests up by 123 percent from 2025, and the number of people charged up by 52 percent. FBI Director Kash Patel commended the results, saying the agency was working on 59 percent more cases than last year, including those related to physical assault, child sexual abuse, and child sexual abuse material. Missing Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it received more than 32,000 reports of missing children in 2025, estimating that one in seven were potentially sex trafficking victims.

JUST IN: The U.S. has revoked more than 300,000 visas in Trump’s second term at a record pace due to criminal activity, fraud, or threats to national security. The Bureau of Consular Affairs established a visa-vetting center in 2025 and overturned 23,000 of the 300,000+ revocations. Most of them were for criminal activity and public safety threats, including 25% for assault, 22% for DUI, 7% for theft, and 7% for substance abuse, plus overstays and student visa violations. Another 4,000 visa revocations targeted aliens who allegedly participated in facilitating birth tourism. A Record Pace Under Trump’s second term, visa revocations rose from 100,000 in the first year to cumulatively 250,000 for both years by Oct. 1. On Oct. 20, a State Department announcement said revocations had exceeded 300,000. The State Department added that roughly 40,000 visas were revoked in the final year of the Biden administration.

JUST IN: Instacart agrees to a $5 million settlement over claims it discriminated against U.S. workers. Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) allegedly discriminated against U.S. workers based on citizenship status and national origin, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Investigators claim Instacart favored temporary-visa workers by letting them apply online while forcing U.S. workers to mail applications through the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) process, which is a required labor-market test that employers must complete before sponsoring temporary visa holders for green cards. As a result, many U.S. workers who applied were not considered in a timely manner. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said the settlement was the 15th reached that the Trump administration had led to “protect U.S. workers” as part of its “Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative.” Settlement Terms and Requirements Instacart will create a fund of up to $4 million to compensate applicants (and those deterred from applying) between December 2023 to February 2026. A claims administrator will determine eligibility for back pay and damages. Instacart will also pay $1 million in penalties to the U.S. government and must publicly post the jobs it plans to fill through the PERM process on its careers website, accept electronic applications, train staff, update policies, and submit to outside monitoring.

JUST IN: Democrats are suing the Trump administration for trying to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls. They claim President Trump's effort is based on “shoddily compiled lists of supposed noncitizens—target lists that have crumbled upon the barest inspection.” In Nevada, for instance, the DHS said it identified nearly 16,000 noncitizens registered to vote. DHS later reduced the number to 185 voters, then “failed to substantiate even that narrower assertion after Nevada officials indicated that every single one of those voters appeared to be citizens,” the lawsuit states. In another example, the administration tried to force California not to issue ballots to more than 20,000 registered voters over citizenship concerns, but more than 25% of the individuals on the list were actually born in the United States, the plaintiffs said.