SNAP, formerly known as food stamps ... spokesperson using a USDA press email account told NPR the agency's general counsel is determining whether that is required. "All personally identifiable ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the USDA to grant the state a waiver to prevent Texans from using SNAP benefits to buy junk food ...

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

State officials denied a federal request to disclose personal information of Kansans using the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit ...

One payment processor has so far signaled to states that it intends to turn over data about millions of Americans to the ...

A former USDA official who worked in the agency's Food and Nutrition Service, which administers SNAP, underscored the unprecedented nature of the government's request. "FNS has never had a ...

The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as ...