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About 170,000 Washingtonians stand to lose food stamp benefits under the Republican megabill that passed Congress Thursday, ...
The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...
Fraud in the food stamp program is already a huge problem that costs federal taxpayers around $10 billion annually. The Senate might have just made that problem worse.
Fraud in the federal food stamp program already costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually. The Senate might have just made it worse.
The proposal to force states to take on billions in federal food benefit costs is back in the Senate GOP's version of the tax ...
President Donald Trump says "NO ONE GOES ON VACATION" until the big, beautiful bill is on his desk by the Fourth of July ...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says the state is seeking federal permission to exclude soft drinks and candy from the list of ...
The Senate Agriculture Committee is proposing some notable changes to the controversial food stamp provisions in the House-approved version of Republicans’ megabill.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, faces elimination in a GOP bill, sparking concerns about the impact on low-income Americans' health education.
U.S. approves Arkansas’ request to ban food stamp purchases of soda, candy June 10, 2025 by Grant Lancaster | Updated June 11, 2025 at 9:51 a.m. Follow this story ...
Utah's waiver to exclude soda from food stamps purchases was approved by the USDA. The waiver aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" initiative.
One third of Arkansans have diabetes or prediabetes, according to a Tuesday news release from Sanders' office, and about 23% of food stamp spending, accounting for $27 billion annually, goes to ...