The letter orders Minnesota to take part in a "pilot program" that will require some SNAP beneficiaries to recertify.

BOSTON — Federal authorities in Massachusetts plan to announce charges in connection with the trafficking of nearly $7 million worth of SNAP benefits. United States Attorney Leah B. Foley is slated to announce the charges during a Wednesday afternoon news conference at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston.

The Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless they provide data about those receiving the assistance.

Tens of thousands of Michigan adults are subject to new federal work requirements to keep receiving food benefits. The changes kicked in Dec. 1.

Minnesota’s GOP congressional delegation is seeking additional accountability from the Walz administration on the state’s oversight of federal funds tied to SNAP—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is requiring Minnesota to conduct recertifications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in four counties amid a probe over a massive welfare fraud that has cost taxpayers at least $1 billion.

Twenty states sued the Trump administration after it issued guidance changing SNAP benefits for refugees and asylum-seekers.

More than half a million South Carolinians rely on SNAP benefits to feed their families every month, but new federal rules could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars every year.