The Trump administration is proposing a rule to close a loophole that allows middle- and upper-class Americans to receive ...

A federal court ruling has halted the Trump administration's efforts to restrict SNAP purchases of soda and candy across ...

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from allowing five states to ban the purchase of sugary drinks and ...

The state is making another infusion of emergency food aid as 3 million New Yorkers face the looming expiration of nutrition assistance for the first time since the federal program began. The state is ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

President Trump has put states on the hook for waste, fraud, and abuse in the nation’s food stamps, known officially as ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the ...

A loophole in the federal SNAP program allows households with significant assets to qualify for aid, diverting resources from those who actually need them and costing taxpayers billions.