Is a cookie a type of candy? Supermarkets have a new food-stamp conundrum

Eighteen states are moving to restrict what SNAP funds can buy, but permissible products vary from state to state.
AOL

What Happened to Welfare and Food Stamps Under Each President

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...
Yahoo

USDA orders states to stop issuing full SNAP benefits and to ‘undo’ benefits sent for November

The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to “immediately undo” any issuance of the full allotments, after a Supreme Court justice on ...

The new food-stamp rules will make your head spin

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

Hunger games: The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...
Washington Examiner

Social media melts down over food stamps

“Millions of people are going to starve to death!” That’s how one Democratic TikTok star, Chris Mowrey, described the disruptions to the food stamps program due to the federal government shutdown that ...
Long Island Press

Editorial: Federal food stamp funding and Nassau County

Thankfully, two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency ...