The U.S. Department of Agriculture is telling states to begin turning over sensitive data on applicants to the food assistance program previously known as food stamps. The agency has recently expanded ...

Twenty state attorneys general sued the Trump administration to stop its request for SNAP recipients’ personal data. They fear the information could be used for mass deportations. The USDA says it ...

A banner showing an image of President Trump hangs on the side of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, DC. The department wants states to turn over records about tens of millions ...

The Kansas state government has refused a data request from the federal government — eliciting allegations of a cover-up and potential efforts to force the data to be turned over. Gov. Laura Kelly's ...

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