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- The Agriculture Department will withhold federal funding for SNAP in over 20 Democratic-led states that refuse to provide personal data, potentially affecting over 20 million beneficiaries.
- The Trump administration says the data is needed to fight fraud.
- The states argue the collection would violate privacy laws.
- A federal judge previously blocked the administration from penalizing states.
- The department has given states until December 8 to respond to its data request.
