Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin and this is First Look. It's Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026. We've got a

packed show for you today. RFK Jr. and the Trump administration yank more than a billion

dollars in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota over massive suspected fraud and

call out the Democrats who open the floodgates to theft.

The Justice Department opens a probe into Harvard for allegedly taking Chinese money

that discriminates against American students.

Newly released body cam video shows a blue-haired transgender student at the University

of Central Florida melting down, screaming about misgendering, and getting arrested after

attacking officers.

Let's dive in.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Trump

administration is stopping more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California

and Minnesota over suspected fraud. We are not sending Medicaid dollars out the door until

we have competence that they are being spent lawfully and appropriately," Kennedy said.

If California Governor Gavin Newsom and Minnesota Governor Tim Walls want the money to fund

low-income health care, they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate.

Kennedy didn't mince words.

He blamed the Biden administration and democratic leadership in both

deep blue states for alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars. Instead of protecting your money,

they open the floodgates to theft, Kennedy said. They dismantle basic program integrity

and oversight. He specifically called out former HHS Secretary Javier Bacera for looking the other

way while fraud, waste, and abuse exploded. The scammers got paid, Kennedy said. The taxpayers

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