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

Millions of people who rely on food stamps are waking up to a new reality in 2026, as a wave of state-level limits on "junk food" purchases takes effect. A dozen states now have federal permission to ...

Some 688,000 food stamp recipients will have to find work by April or risk losing benefits as the Trump administration issues a final rule making it harder for states to get exemptions from work ...

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

Food pantries are anticipating a jump in client counts as the improving economy prompts states to tighten conditions for people to get federal nutrition assistance, writes The New York Times. Several ...