In the aftermath of one of the largest emergency spending efforts in American history, the federal government is now reckoning with the cost of speed — the price paid when urgency outran accountability. The Trump administration, through Vice President Vance and Attorney General Blanche, has moved to bar roughly 870,000 suspected fraudsters from future federal lending while prosecutors pursue more than 160 criminal cases tied to $245 million in losses from pandemic relief programs. The crackdown, centered on the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan initiative, reflects