What you can buy with SNAP food stamps under RFK Jr’s healthy eating push is changing: Here is what’s in and out

Nearly two dozen states have enacted changes to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, to exclude ...
NationofChange

Millions lose food aid as Trump’s budget law reshapes SNAP

Data published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows SNAP participation fell by 6 percent between July 2025 and December 2025, representing 2.5 million fewer people receiving benefits ...
AARP

AARP Defends Food Aid as Federal SNAP Cuts Take Effect

Anticipating the pressure this will put on states to continue supporting SNAP, AARP has been working with state lawmakers to ...

Food stamp work rules don't increase employment, researchers say

Work requirements will encourage people who are able to work to seek and maintain jobs, proponents say. But researchers haven ...

KitKat, Gatorade or granola bars? What’s banned under new SNAP rules is mixed.

Many GOP states are enacting soda and candy bans for food stamp purchases amid MAHA’s healthy food efforts. Some retailers ...
WBEZ

Refugee families are the latest group to face SNAP food benefit cutoff

Refugees and people granted asylum in the U.S. will join thousands of others in Illinois expected to lose their food ...