PHOENIX — A judge issued an order Wednesday blocking the federal government from obtaining the personal information of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced.

The order was the result of a multistate lawsuit filed in July in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) threatening states with funding cuts if the information was not shared in May.

That request was the result of an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that called for the USDA to make sure that the federal government would have full access to data from any state agencies that receive federal funding, such as SNAP.

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