Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Indiana) introduced the SNAP Online Access Act on Tuesday to make permanent a pilot program that ...
SNAP benefits became a national flashpoint during the government shutdown in 2025, as millions of Americans worried about what would happen if funding stalled. For households relying on monthly ...
Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...
In 2025, SNAP spending was over $100 billion, while SNAP-Ed operated on a $536 million budget, educating over 1.2 million people on how best to spend their SNAP dollars and improve their health.
In a Fox News appearance in late 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins claimed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — colloquially referred to as food stamps — "increased almost ...