Six more states are joining the growing list of states signing waivers to ban using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for “non-nutritious items.” Last week, USDA Secretary Brooke ...

More than 1.4 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program across five states will be banned from using federal food assistance for candy and soda purchases, starting Thursday.

Louisiana will restrict the use of SNAP benefits for certain food items starting February 18, 2026. The new rules prohibit using SNAP funds to buy soft drinks, energy drinks, candy, gum, and mints.

During this fall’s government shutdown, when food banks faced lines circling the block, President Donald Trump didn’t seem to understand that he’d become the face of his administration’s refusal to ...

A poster reading “We Accept EBT” hangs outside 7Eleven on State Street Monday evening. Arushi Sanghi/DAILY. Buy this photo. More than 51,000 Washtenaw County residents identify as food insecure, but ...

Social media users have claimed that the fall 2025 disruption to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food assistance payments was part of Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint linked ...