Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) declared a State of Emergency on Thursday over concerns that funding for SNAP benefits would run out at the beginning of November as the government shutdown continues.
Some 42 million Americans who rely on federal food benefits have become the latest political flash point of the government shutdown as November approaches and funding runs out for the nationwide program.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is blaming President Trump for the government shutdown’s impact on food stamps, accusing him of “withholding the money.”
An illegal alien in the sanctuary state of Oregon has been sentenced for stealing over $2.4 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for more than a year, federal prosecutors revealed Friday.
Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) officials alerted more than 3.5 million low-income residents — including 1.7 million children — that November food benefits will be cut off if Democrats continue blocking budget negotiations in Washington. Republicans say the shutdown stems from Democratic demands to expand Obamacare benefits to illegal aliens, a move GOP leaders refuse to fund. With SNAP funding set to expire, Texas is complying with federal directives to halt payments, leaving vulnerable families at risk as the Schumer-led standoff drags on.
Kansas Republican Reps. Ron Estes and Tracey Mann are pressing Gov. Laura Kelly (D) to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on data requests tied to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), raising concerns about millions of dollars in incorrect payments and the risk of federal funding cuts.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Louisiana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) waiver.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he is taking action to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) users from purchasing items such as sugary drinks. Kennedy pointed out that while people can make their
A majority of U.S. voters believe it is at least somewhat important to keep illegal migrants off benefit programs, a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports revealed.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins revealed that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rolling out the National Farm Security Action Plan, which will “promote agricultural prosperity” and “defend the foundations of agriculture” and strengthen the U.S. domestic food supply.
Dozens of Hollywood celebrities on Wednesday decried “unacceptable” Republican efforts to cut Medicaid and food stamps.
The unelected Senate parliamentarian has ruled out eliminating benefits for illegal aliens, Sen. Rand Paul said.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) worker and five other individuals are accused in a massive SNAP (food stamp) fraud scheme.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) on Thursday unveiled a brief that calls for systematic reform of America’s federal nutrition programs, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is filled with “fraud and abuse and corruption” and needs major reform, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said during a policy event with Breitbart News on Tuesday.
Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) mocked Republican lawmakers who “tout ‘Christian values'” for their stance on SNAP reforms.
House Republicans unveiled legislation as part of President Donald Trump’s one “big, beautiful” bill that would make major reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known the food stamp program.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is targeting criminals engaging in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that HHS under former President Joe Biden’s administration had been a “collaborator in child trafficking,” sex, and slavery.
What do Big Pharma ads on TV and Diet Coke have in common? Both are targets of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the new head of the Health and Human Services department.
Lawmakers in Texas are considering a bill that would keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) users from applying those benefits to junk food, with the news coming as President Donald Trump’s administration works to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
As DOGE’s efforts shift to eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in social welfare programs including SNAP, Social Security, and Medicaid, The Drill Down podcast welcomes a nationally recognized expert in spotting how those programs are rife with fraud.
Allowing welfare recipients to purchase soda as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is essentially the government subsidizing obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
The newly unsealed complaint of the lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Attorney General against Snap, the company behind the Snapchat social media platform, reveals that employees were well aware of the app’s dangers to children, including sextortion, illicit gun sales, and addictive features.
Massachusetts welfare recipients have been using their EBT cards while on tropical vacations to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other trips thousands of miles away from their home state, an investigation by the Boston Herald revealed.
A Dominican Republic national living illegally in the U.S. has admitted to stealing $213,000 in food stamp benefits in Rhode Island.
On Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) argued against cuts to SNAP benefits because “people are aching” due to inflation, but argued that’s not Joe Biden’s fault and there were supply chain issues. After discussing crop
Snap, the maker of the social media platform Snapchat, says it will lay off 10 percent of its global workforce, around 500 employees, to “promote in-person collaboration.”
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst introduced a bill to reduce spending by nearly $1 billion a month by lessening taxpayer expenses for payment errors under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as Food Stamps.
Uber Eats announced it will soon accept food stamp benefits for grocery delivery to reduce “barriers” to healthy food, Fox Business reported.
A new study finds that rising food costs are linked to the United States Department of Agriculture’s expansion of food stamp benefits.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that while he thinks the agreement on work requirements for food stamps in the debt ceiling bill is a good trade, “it’s tough, these
Nearly two-thirds of Americans back the House Republican debt limit plan to enact work requirements for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to a poll released on Thursday.
Snap, the parent company of the popular Snapchat social media app, recently reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings due to ongoing issues with digital ads. The company also forecasted a drop in revenue of up to 10 percent for the upcoming quarter.
Food stamp benefits are increasing by 12.5 percent as families grapple with grocery prices that have skyrocketed under President Joe Biden.
Speaking at the Code Conference in Los Angeles, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel gave his thoughts on how China-owned TikTok has dominated the online video market in such a short space of time. Spiegel explained how Communist China has overpowered social media through seemingly unlimited spending, saying: “What nobody had anticipated in the United States was the level of investment that ByteDance made into the U.S. market, and of course in Europe, because it was just something that was unimaginable — no startup could afford to invest billions and billions and billions of dollars in user acquisition like that around the world.”
Social media giant Snap reportedly made an “error” that gave leading Democratic campaigns and party committees access to a huge repository of Republican voter data, allowing them to tailor their midterm ads.
Snap, the company behind social media platform Snapchat, is laying off approximately 20 percent of its more than 6,400 employees, according to sources.
A North Carolina woman was recently arrested for allegedly committing food stamp fraud after receiving benefits of over $15,500.
Outages were reported on Sunday by participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) who were unable to use their electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards to buy groceries at stores in some states.
