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USDA fights to purge food stamps recipients despite pandemic

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 4:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that it would appeal a judge’s ruling that it would be “arbitrary and capricious” to move forward during a global health crisis with food stamp changes that could force hundreds of thousands from the program.

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