- A federal judge blocked the USDA from withholding tens of billions in food and farm grants unless states followed Trump-era immigration, transgender and other policy conditions — a preliminary win for 20 states and D.C.
- The ruling protects key programs like SNAP, school lunches and WIC that tap into more than $74 billion in annual USDA funding; states said the new requirements were vague and unlawful.
- The decision is one of several recent court setbacks to the administration's push to tie federal grants to its policy priorities; the judge will explain the ruling in a written memo.
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