Tennessee will implement changes to what items can be bought with federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits in 2026. The new restrictions bar SNAP recipients from using ...

The Agriculture Department, which administers SNAP benefits, is rapidly approving waivers for states to ban the purchase of ...

Starting today, millions of Americans on food assistance will find new items suddenly off-limits at the checkout. Five states — Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia — have begun enforcing ...

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Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, ...