A federal judge in Washington on Monday blocked the Trump administration's attempt to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients in five states from buying soda, candy and other restricted foods with federal benefits, handing a sharp setback to Brooke Rollins and the White House's Make America Healthy Again push.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the Agriculture Department had gone beyond its authority in approving the state waivers covering Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and West Virginia.
