A sweeping Farm Bill that includes $300 billion in cuts to food assistance programs has cleared the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture.

Congressional Republicans are on the precipice of approving $290 billion in cuts to the largest low-income anti-hunger ...

The massive tax policy bill the House passed Thursday would change many things in the economy. Among them, who pays for major programs like SNAP and Medicaid. In the GOP’s legislation, states would ...

But now, Republicans in Congress are looking into forcing states to pay for 5% to 25% of SNAP funding in a move experts warn could force state governments to remove individuals from the food ...

Nebraska became the first state in the United States to ... "Controlling how the poor eat is a paternalistic response to a problem that is not based in SNAP recipients' inability to make good ...

Idaho submitted a waiver request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients from purchasing soft drinks and candy, East Idaho ...

The House Agriculture Committee’s proposal calls for $250 billion to $300 billion in SNAP savings for the next decade. If approved, the cuts could leave Missouri’s state government scrambling ...

In Connecticut, according to the report, “Medicaid and SNAP cuts are predicted to bring on $1.16 billion in GDP loss for ...

Many victims say they followed every guideline to protect their accounts, yet fraud claims continue to flood the state.

The federal government has fully paid for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since it was created in 1939 as a way to fight food insecurity amid the Great Depression.