Starting Feb. 1, 2026, new SNAP work requirements in Illinois and other states could cut off benefits for millions. Learn if ...

States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It’s not going according to plan.

Food prices are rising faster than many fixed incomes, and for older Americans that gap often shows up in the refrigerator.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families. Starting in October, average benefits ...

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people ...

New York is joining the small group of states switching to chip-and-pin cards to evade skimming devices that siphon money for ...

Millions of Americans greeted the end of the government shutdown — and the resumption of food stamp benefits — with relief. But others are learning they could soon lose federal food aid permanently.

The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to “immediately undo” any issuance of the full allotments, after a Supreme Court justice on ...

Food stamp recipients are now receiving their November benefits, but a growing swath of enrollees may soon lose their vital food assistance completely.Related video above: Trump administration ...

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...