At least 18 states will implement changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the new year. Five of ...

The move is part of a broader effort led by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to ...

Several states will begin restricting the types of food and drink that can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition ...

Starting January 1, food-stamp recipients in five U.S. states will face restrictions on using the benefits to buy some sugary ...

Food assistance is often framed as a safety net for children and working families, but it is just as central to stability for older adults. For the roughly 11 million seniors who rely on food stamps ...

When it comes to changes for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps) payments in 2026, there have ...

Benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) won't be distributed on Nov. 1, leaving millions of low-income families scrambling for food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Millions of Americans are days away from losing access to food aid as the federal government shutdown halts funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — the country’s largest ...

Tens of millions of Americans who rely on the nation’s largest federal food assistance program have been caught in a weekslong swirl of Trump administration pronouncements, court orders and anxiety ...

A large group of states sued the Trump administration Tuesday in an attempt to prevent the expiration of food stamp benefits this weekend amid a lengthy government shutdown, blasting the Agriculture ...

A trip through The Nation’s archives offers essential insights into why Republicans have long tried to weaken SNAP—and why they’re trying to kill it now. A grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, ...