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 ...

A banner showing an image of President Trump hangs on the side of a U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C., on May 16. USDA has put on hold a demand that states turn over ...

Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently announced a directive requiring states to provide full access to records related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

Twenty-one states are suing after the USDA demanded states turn over sensitive data on food assistance applicants. The lawsuit calls the demand an... A coalition of 21 states and Washington, D.C.

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 ...

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A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states are ...

Trump administration officials say the new data sharing requirements are meant to help prevent waste, fraud and abuse. California and other states questioned the administration’s intentions and said ...