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 ...

Here are some of the consequences that will follow if Congress cuts a key federal nutrition program, as proposed in the U.S.

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

The nation’s largest anti-hunger program could soon face its most significant funding rollback in history to offset President Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts bill. House Republicans revealed ...

The Trump administration's Agriculture Secretary signaled she will be signing multiple waivers to let states ban junk food ...

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 ...

Last week, an advisor for USDA's Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services sent a letter to states demanding personal data from SNAP applicants ... as your 'contractor' is required to disclose it." ...

the new provision would now include SNAP recipients with children above age 7 who otherwise qualify for work requirements. The House Agriculture Committee, which oversees federal food programs in ...

Wednesday evening its portion of Republicans’ major legislative package that includes a provision that would shift to states ...

May 13, 2025 – Last night, House Agriculture ... it could end SNAP entirely in some parts of the country if states decide the new state funding requirements are impossible for them to meet,” said Ty ...

Anti-hunger advocates warn the House’s cuts to nutrition assistance and other food programs will make people hungrier — and less healthy. — USDA ... SNAP benefits, stricter work requirements ...