Several Republican-led states have begun implementing restrictions on the purchase of soft drinks and candy with food stamps.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, is a federal program ... states do not pay for SNAP. The U.S. government spent $112.8 billion on SNAP in 2023 ...

SNAP benefits—formerly known as "food stamps" for low-income households—are in the sights of President Donald Trump and the ...

SNAP, which is for low-income people, is still often informally referred to by its former name, food stamps. Just four states still have such a lifetime ban in place, an August 2016 Congressional ...

Kennedy Jr.'s initiative, "Make America Healthy Again." Kennedy claims that not allowing SNAP recipients to use food stamps to purchase junk foods would "clean up" the nation's food supply.