SNAP recipients who work and earn more than $217.50 per week before taxes can still receive their benefits. Everyone else must submit documentation proving they volunteer or work 20 hours a week or ...

SNAP benefits became a national flashpoint during the government shutdown in 2025, as millions of Americans worried about what would happen if funding stalled. For households relying on monthly ...

New SNAP rules are already in effect, quietly reshaping eligibility, work obligations, and exemptions for millions of ...

A total of 18 states will be banning junk food and/or drink purchases using SNAP benefits in 2026. These states are Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, ...

In early November 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins claimed in a Fox News appearance that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — which helps about 1 in 8 Americans pay for ...

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is preparing to fully fund November SNAP benefits in accordance with a recent court order, even as its appeal of that order remains undecided. The ...

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964. A grocery store employee stocks produce, which is covered by the USDA ...

Those are vast undercounts of the percentage of U.S. citizens receiving SNAP benefits. Almost 36 million of more than 40 million SNAP recipients were U.S.-born citizens, according to U.S. Agriculture ...

A recent $7 million SNAP fraud case was an "anomaly," not an example of errors the Trump administration has highlighted.

As the government reopens, efforts to return the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to full funding across the country will face its own challenges. SNAP benefits have been put through ...

Beginning January 1, as part of Indiana’s new “Smart SNAP” initiative, sugary drinks and candy will no longer be eligible to ...