Beshear joins Democrats to block Trump admin’s access to sensitive TANF recipients’ info

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 247

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined a coalition of Democratic state officials in suing to block the Trump administration from getting access to sensitive data of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits.

Filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit said that the Administration for Children and Families had issued a notice to authorizing disclosing records of millions of Americans to “ any public or private entity that ACF chooses, …

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