States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It’s not going according to plan.

SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, provides cash cards known as Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) to approximately 12% of Americans for a limited time to help purchase basic food items. Households ...

25 states are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prevent food stamp benefits from disappearing Up to 42 million Americans could lose access to SNAP aid by Nov. 1 The lawsuit argues the USDA ...

A plan announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide partial food stamp benefits for November during the ongoing government shutdown could offer a measure of relief to millions of ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...