Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban soda, energy drinks and other food items ...

America’s largest anti-hunger program could be transformed under proposals now being debated by congressional Republicans, with some of the costs for the safety-net program potentially pushed onto ...

The Trump administration wants to stop poor people from using federal food benefits for candy or soda. In an initiative ...

The United States Department of Agriculture is demanding that states ensure illegal immigrants are not using food stamps. The ...

SNAP is the primary way the government helps feed Americans who can't afford food, but many don't understand how the program ...

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would take away ...

Veronica Cox had a plan, and receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help feed her three kids wasn’t part of it. She got a bachelor’s degree in criminal ...

House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, authorized the House Select Committee on Government Oversight to monitor the ...

(The Center Square) – Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might be using them to buy foods that ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is more commonly known as food stamps. In the U.S., it is how the government helps feed people who cannot afford food.