At least 10 states are moving to ask Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to let them end federal subsidies of unhealthy foods via food stamps. That should be a top priority for the Trump ...
The amount of food each state agency receives is based on the number of unemployed people and the number of people living below the poverty line. State agencies provide the food to the local ...
The victim told FOX 5 someone cleared her account just two days after her food stamps disbursement dropped. CHAMBLEE, Ga. - In Chamblee, police are investigating a case of EBT fraud that leaves a ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, is encouraging states to apply for waivers that will allow them to ban people from buying sodas using food stamps benefits. Kennedy has been ...
The case has gotten a lot of attention since 2023 when Weems and another woman, Java'la Elam, were charged after publicly talking about how they bought or sold food stamps on "Judy Justice" the ...
Advocates and economists are warning of a potential ripple effect on food affordability for low-income households.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quest to reshape food policy in America took him to an event here with the state’s Republican ...
You know there’s a problem when soda is the item most frequently purchased by the 41 million Americans who benefit from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps.
The program, also known as food stamps, helps low-income Americans afford groceries. It also represents an enormous amount of federal spending. In the 2024 fiscal year, the federal government ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to swiftly bar the use of food stamps to buy soda is fueling tensions between his team and the Agriculture Department, according to four people inside and ...
The latest affront: new cuts to food stamps or Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) benefits from $6.20 a day per person to a paltry $4.80. Adding insult to injury, several state ...