Iowa and Indiana have received a waiver approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban junk food from being ...

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, there has been a renewed push by Republican lawmakers to ban the purchase of "junk" food using SNAP benefits. If the legislation ...

SNAP benefits—commonly known as "food stamps"—are administered nationwide to low- and no-income households that ... purchasing sugary snacks, soda and junk food promotes unhealthy eating ...

Keith Self, R-Texas, introduced the Funding Is Zero for Zero Nutrition Options (FIZZ-NO) Act of 2025, which would block purchases of sodas with SNAP benefits ... pay for junk food and endanger ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the USDA to grant the state a waiver to prevent Texans from using SNAP benefits to buy junk food ...