Waivers have already been approved in a dozen states ban unhealthy foods from being bought using SNAP benefits.

Columnist Pat Beall writes that recent exhortations from some Republicans to Make America Healthy Again seem a touch ...

Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food ...

Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's office says they plan to join a growing number of states preventing SNAP benefits from ...

The new waivers will restrict the purchase of so-called "junk food" with SNAP funds in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, ...

The health and human services secretary wants to limit access to items he has called “poison.” But this mission is more ...

There is now a bipartisan movement to ban SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food. Congress should make the ban permanent.

South Carolina and Tennessee plan to restrict SNAP purchases to encourage healthier eating, part of the ‘Make America Healthy ...

Governor Lee’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how quickly the new rules would take effect if ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the expansion of a Trump administration effort to limit the purchase of junk ...

The SNAP program seeks to assist low-income families and individuals to purchase nutritious food and thus promote healthy ...