US EditionUSDA's Threat to Withhold SNAP Funding Won't Directly Impact Recipients
Federal officials will withhold SNAP administrative funds from Minnesota and other Democratic-led states until detailed participant data is provided to prevent fraud, USDA said.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the USDA will withhold federal SNAP administrative funding from Democratic-led states, including Minnesota, starting next week until they comply.
- The administration says it sought the data requested in February to root out fraud and curb waste and abuse, noting 29 Republican-led states complied while 21 noncompliant states including California, New York and Minnesota refused.
- At the state level, roughly 440,000 Minnesotans receive SNAP benefits, while USDA officials cited 186,000 deceased individuals and 500,000 duplicate benefit instances, Rollins said Tuesday.
- A federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction in October blocking funding cuts, the Agriculture Department can appeal by Dec. 15, and states have until Dec. 8 to respond.
- Starting next year, states' share of SNAP administrative costs remains at 50%, and Keystone Community Services Director of Programs Julia McCarthy said, `More people than we'd ever served in a day before.
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WWLPNew York, feds clash over SNAP data and funding
The Trump administration is threatening to strip federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from states that refuse to hand over private user data, which Governor Kathy Hochul and state officials say would violate existing court orders and threaten access to food for almost 3 million hungry New Yorkers.
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U.S. Rep. Chelli Pingree speaks at the No Kings rally in Portland, Maine. Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)Maine officials say they will continue to fight the Trump administration over its latest threat to withhold food assistance if the state refuses to share sensitive personal information with the federal government. “It’s outrageous that we have an administration that focuses this much on cutting funding for food to its…
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Portland Press HeraldTrump administration threatens to withhold SNAP from Maine, other states
Federal officials said Tuesday they would withhold administrative funds from Democratic-led states that have not provided names and immigration status of recipients.
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Lancaster FarmingTrump administration to withhold some SNAP funding until Minnesota turns over data
But a judge’s ruling prevents the federal government from stopping benefits funding.
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