Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states

Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states

(Photo/Shutterstock) By Jacob Fischler Stateline.org 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 at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, bene…

White House to Withhold SNAP Food Aid From Dem-led States

The Trump administration said that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide information on aid recipients.