The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws ...

The Trump administration approved a first-of-its-kind waiver for Nebraska to ban purchases of soda and energy drinks with ...

The big savings from the Medicaid program in the House bill will come from enforcing stricter work requirements, more ...

Try living on the average single person's weekly food stamp benefit. You'll understand there is no room left to cut.

It added that 1 in 5 American children under 17 receive SNAP benefits. With Nebraska's waiver, it became the first state in the nation to bar recipients of federal food stamp programs from using ...

Governor Greg Abbott has asked for Texas SNAP benefit recipients to be prevented from spending them on soda and candy.

The House launched debate before midnight and by sunrise the vote was called, 215-214, with Democrats staunchly opposed. It ...

With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to ...

Under the new Medicaid law, which goes into effect July 1, the state’s Family and Social Services Administration secretary ...

The Arkansas legislature and the governor agreed earlier this year that food stamps should not be used to buy candy, soft drinks and junk food.

Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times Millions of low-income Americans could lose access to food stamps or see reductions in their monthly benefits ... said in a letter sent to the organization ...

Others could see their monthly benefits reduced if the bill were to become law, according to the nonpartisan Congressional ...