A year ago, U.S. District Judge Doug Harpool ruled that Missouri was violating federal law by failing to properly operate the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six people — including a fraud investigator with the U.S. Department of ...

Food stamps became part of American life 50 years ago this Sunday when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act into law on Aug. 31, 1964. The program has been a whipping boy almost ...

A look at the history and future of food stamps: No more stamps. These days, people in the nation's largest food aid program pay with plastic. These special debit cards are swiped at convenience ...

Chefs, food equality advocates and nonprofit leaders rally against Trump's megabill that would slash SNAP funding for the ...

A new law includes the largest-ever cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Here’s how much that may ...

A new Trump administration rule will end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (food stamps) for nearly 700,000 of the nation’s poorest people.

They include " SNAP benefits," "SNAP food assistance" and yes, "food stamps." The program , which was originally called the Food Stamp Program and allowed people to buy stamps to extend their food ...

Alabama storms create a record demand in food stamps. Aug. 4, 2011— -- Alabama is responsible for much of the 1.1 million increase in food stamp recipients after horrific storms tore through ...

A new Trump administration rule will end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (food stamps) for nearly 700,000 of the nation’s poorest people.