We start today's other headlines in Minnesota, where federal agents carried out more

than 20 search warrants as part of an ongoing fraud investigation by the Trump administration.

Agents were seen entering child care centers this morning like this one outside Minneapolis.

The White House has criticized Governor Tim Walls, a Democrat, over his handling of fraud in the

state. But Walls welcomed the raids

posting on social media, if you commit fraud in Minnesota, you're going to get caught.

Joint investigations work and securing justice depends on it. Officials say today's operation

was not related to a federal immigration crackdown that led to the deaths of two protesters earlier this year.

A former advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health has been indicted by a federal

grand jury in Maryland for conspiring to hide records related to the COVID pandemic.

Dr. David Morins is accused of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for allegedly

using a personal email account to conceal research related to the origins of the disease.

His lawyer declined to comment. The indictment is seen as a win for the Trump administration,

which has been critical of the nation's research community over its handling of COVID's origins.

Dr. Fauci himself is not accused of wrongdoing in the case.

In Georgia, state officials say recent rainfall is helping efforts to tame two massive fires,

but more work needs to be done to bring them under control.

A statewide drought has led to an unprecedented fire season with more than 700

blazes in a 30-day period. Governor Brian Kemp toured the affected areas today and warned that

Georgia isn't, as he put it, out of the woods just yet.

I feel better today than I did Sunday. And, you know, the rain we got, especially on the highway 82 fire, was very helpful.

We are doing everything that we can to try to get people where they can get back to their homes,

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