A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Congress aims to wind it down and expand the child tax creditA COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Ending it could help Congress expand the child tax credit - The Associated Press

Congress is racing to wind down a tax break meant to encourage businesses to keep workers on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. What was expected to cost the federal government $55 billion has instead cost it nearly five times that amount as of July. M…