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 ...

Big changes are coming to how shoppers can use SNAP food benefits in some states. Starting on January 1, some states are planning to implement new rules limiting purchases of soda, energy drinks, ...

The federal government is reopening, but there’s still uncertainty about when one of the most far-reaching impacts of the closure will be resolved and all 42 million Americans who receive SNAP food ...

For Ashleigh Ligon, a mother of six living in Federal Way, Washington, the defining word for November has been “uncertainty.” Ligon’s household is already marked by the chaos of a large family—her six ...

“The most damaging form of fraud in SNAP is fraud where the low-income recipients are the victims, not the perpetrators,” a senior analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities argues. USDA IT ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared ...

As 2026 fast approaches, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries will likely experience changes to their benefits. The White House has made several changes to SNAP over the ...

On Nov. 1, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were frozen as federal funding for the program lapsed one month into the longest government shutdown in United States history. With ...