Nebraska became the first state to ban the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for purchasing ...

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit ...

Nebraska has banned SNAP benefits for purchasing pop and energy drinks. USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the ...

Congressional Republicans are working to pass a massive, 1,116-page piece of legislation – titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – that includes cuts to SNAP.

The co-hosts of "The View" melted down over a new book out Tuesday on the cover-up of President Biden's decline in office, as ...

The move, announced Monday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would affect about 152,000 people in Nebraska enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP ...

The USDA said in a news release that it had "conducted operations" to target "criminals engaged in defrauding American taxpayers." ...

If these changes become law, they would force 28 states and territories to pay for 25 percent of their SNAP costs, according to fiscal 2023 data from the Agriculture Department. Data for 2024 has ...

A waiver grants flexibility by modifying specific U.S. Department of Agriculture program rules, enabling states to administer the SNAP program in different ways. Various states currently have SNAP ...

In a statement after the bill’s passage, Agriculture committee Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., said the reforms provide “commonsense solutions” to help root out SNAP program waste and build ...

The House Agriculture Committee voted to advance legislation that would make significant changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as part of the effort to institute federal ...