WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, will be funded through February should the government shutdown ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday that stores that accept government food stamps must sell more “real food” in an effort to prod America’s poor to ditch snacks in favor of healthier ...

Unacceptable. That's the word Governor Nathan Deal used to refer to the state's handling of food stamp applications, amid threats from the federal government to suspend or withhold nearly $76 million.

The Agriculture Department plans to freeze federal funding for 21 states starting next week as it escalates its crackdown on possible fraud in the food stamp program, Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...

The food stamp program was born during the Great Depression as an emergency mechanism to get basic staple foods to families facing widespread hardship. The mission was simple: put real food on the ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will halt federal payments that help administer the food stamp program to Democratic-led states next week if they do not ...

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 ...

Food stamps were first issued in 1939 as an assistance program to prevent starvation during the Great Depression. But 86 years later, thousands of liquor stores and smoke shops have become approved ...

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