The states have been given until next week to respond to a federal request to hand over data on SNAP recipients.

The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York. New York City alone has more people — 8.5 million — than 38 states.

States across the central and eastern U.S. are under extreme heat watches and warnings as the areas face a dangerous heat wave throughout the first half of the week, according to the National Weather Service. "Extremely dangerous heat wave expands from ...