The Trump administration is trying to make it more difficult for some people to qualify for food stamps, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Tuesday.

Perdue told reporters late Monday the administration intends to tinker with certain automatic eligibility criteria for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to curb abuse of a loophole.

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