( July 9, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT) -- The U.S. government filed three federal lawsuits seeking orders requiring Kentucky, Michigan and Minnesota’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administering agencies to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with statewide SNAP eligibility, household, benefit-allotment and electronic benefit transfer (EBT) transaction records, alleging that the states violated the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (FNA) by refusing to comply with USDA’s May 15, 2026, records request....