SNAP Lawsuit: 20 States Challenge Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Data Grab

Twenty states file lawsuit over SNAP data grab. A coalition led by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the USDA for demanding Social Security numbers and home addresses of SNAP recipients, warning the administration is weaponizing personal data.

New cost-sharing rules loom for states. After President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law this month, states with SNAP error rates above 6% now face matching requirements of 5%–15%, and Kansas warns it could owe nearly $80 million under the new formula.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, imposes stricter eligibility requirements and slows the growth of federal Medicaid funding, sparking warnings that millions could lose coverage. By 2027, able-bodied adults must log 80 hours of work, training or volunteering each month to remain enrolled, and states face new administrative burdens to verify compliance.

Critics point to a nonpartisan CBO estimate that 10 million more Americans will be uninsured by 2034. Rural providers—from five hospitals in western Pennsylvania named in a June Dem senators' letter to South Dakota clinics—warn that reduced reimbursements and patient losses could force cutbacks or closures. Consumer advocates also highlight new copays of up to $35 for some doctor visits and the rollback of medical-debt protections as additional financial risks.

As Texas Republicans advance a mid-decade redraw of congressional maps, Democrats are privately weighing an extraordinary quorum break — fleeing Austin — to block the effort. Each absent lawmaker would face a $500 daily fine and potential arrest, but deep-pocketed donors are prepared to pick up the tab and neutralize financial deterrents.

• Legal workaround in play: House rules bar campaign funds for fines, but Democrats' legal teams propose treating outside contributions as salary.


• High-stakes messaging: Rep. Jasmine Crockett and Rep. Greg Casar are tapping their donor networks to frame this as a crucial front in the party's battle against the White House agenda.

If enacted, the walkout would buy time for public outreach and ongoing court challenges, triggering a messaging war and pitting redistricting against urgent flood relief legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz plans to introduce new aviation safety legislation on Tuesday in response to the deadly Jan. 29 midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342 claimed 67 lives, spurring calls for an urgent overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system.

At an 11:30 a.m. hearing, Cruz will be joined by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy and family members of Flight 5342 victims. The proposal follows a recent Air Traffic Control Modernization Summit, where industry stakeholders endorsed Duffy's $31.5 billion modernization plan.

WASHINGTON — In the wake of Monday's deadly Park Avenue shooting that claimed four lives and left one wounded, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) took to Fox News to reject calls for stricter firearms legislation, quipping, "We don't need more gun control. We need more idiot control."

Kennedy apologized to victims' families and praised officers who ran toward danger but warned that hundreds of existing gun laws already on the books outweigh any new proposals. His bumper-sticker refrain, critics say, offered no concrete solution and sparked backlash from commentators who derided the remark as empty rhetoric.