Millions of SNAP recipients are about to face new limitations on what they can use the federal assistance program to buy, including bans on soda, energy drinks and candy, according to the U.S.

SNAP — the food assistance program — is changing. Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act changed who is eligible, changed work requirements, and shifted more of the cost of administering the program ...

Starting New Year's Day, some food-stamp recipients around the U.S. will be banned from using the government nutrition assistance to buy candy, soda and other foods. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --SNAP users in some states face additional limits on what they can buy that take effect Thursday. At least 18 states are banning sodas, sugary drinks and candy from being purchased with ...

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, ...

New USDA rules will ban SNAP recipients in Florida from buying soda, energy drinks, and candy starting in April 2026. At least 18 states will implement new restrictions on what can be purchased with ...

A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it began investigating an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme “as soon as” SNAP benefit redemptions spiked at a tiny Boston retail store, blasting the ...

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Authorities on Wednesday arrested two Mattapan store owners for allegedly perpetrating a $7 million SNAP benefit-trafficking scheme over a number of years. Antonio Bonheur, 74, owner of Jesula Variety ...

More than 190,000 people in Michigan are, as of Dec. 1, subject to federal work requirements for food assistance benefits. The longstanding program, formerly referred to as food stamps and designed to ...