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

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

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 ...

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 ...