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The Trump administration could withhold billions in funding for food stamps and school lunches unless states certify they comply with “vague, extraneous, and unreasoned” ideological conditions, a coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia said in a suit filed yesterday against USDA.
- “The USDA and the Trump administration are again attempting to coerce and bully states into complying with their unlawful policies, all at the expense of our community’s well-being,” said Attorney General Kwame Raoul of Illinois, one of the states challenging the funding conditions.
- The conditions on USDA funding would require compliance with federal anti-discrimination policies, ...