US EditionTrump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data
The USDA will withhold SNAP benefits from 21 Democratic states next week unless they provide recipient data to prevent fraud, affecting about 42 million Americans, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it will withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds from most Democratic-controlled states starting next week until they provide requested individual data, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.
- Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requested all 50 states to provide SNAP data, with Brooke Rollins saying 29 red states complied but 21 blue states refuse.
- About 42 million SNAP recipients rely on benefits averaging about $190 per person, while Rollins identified California, New York and Minnesota as noncompliant states.
- Democratic states quickly sued to block the requirement, courts traded rulings on benefit cuts during the shutdown, and some states funded benefits themselves while boosting food banks.
- This year the SNAP program has drawn unusual attention, with work requirements expanding to include people ages 55 to 64 and the recipient-records fight predating recent shutdown headlines.
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A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, cards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program purchases for groceries on Oct. 30, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump a…
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