Local food banks are concerned about the impact the Big Beautiful Bill will have on their assistance programs and ...

President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law on Friday. One element of the packed bill directly impacts the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or SNAP. “This is a ...

The Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma said they're likely to face new challenges after President Trump's signing of the "Big ...

In another blow to the Republicans’ tax and spending cut bill, the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a proposal to ...

Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply By Jude Joffe-Block (NPR) and Stephen Fowler (NPR) May 22, 2025 5:09 p.m.

The federal government wants states to turn over data about tens of millions of people who received food assistance benefits since 2020. A new lawsuit challenges that data request.

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states are ...

Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply By Jude Joffe-Block, Stephen Fowler Published May 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM EDT ...

Share The federal government wants states to turn over data about tens of millions of people who received food assistance benefits since 2020. A new lawsuit challenges that data request.

But there’s nothing nutritional about much of our food-stamp spending. About 23 percent of food stamp spending goes to soda and other unhealthy foods — about $25 billion a year, all told.

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 ...