US judge blocks Trump administration from cutting Minnesota's food stamp funding
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Key Points:
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from withholding $80 million in funding to Minnesota's SNAP food stamp program while the state reviews eligibility for 100,000 households amid fraud allegations.
- Judge Laura Provinzino ruled that the USDA's demand for Minnesota to complete the review within 30 days likely violated federal law, which limits states to one eligibility review per year.
- Minnesota sued after the USDA threatened to cut funding if the state missed the deadline, with the USDA citing a broader scandal involving theft of federal social welfare funds in Minnesota.
- The state argued the USDA's actions were politically motivated due to tensions between President Trump and Minnesota's Democratic Governor Tim Walz.
- The case does not affect the monthly SNAP benefits paid directly
