food stamps
House lawmakers debate Medicaid reform, SALT deductions caps in contentious, marathon markup sessions for Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
One House panel was interrupted by protesters, several of whom were in wheelchairs, chanting, “No cuts to Medicaid.”
Trump admin demands crackdown on illegal immigrants' use of taxpayer-funded food stamps
The United States Department of Agriculture is demanding that states ensure illegal immigrants are not using food stamps.
Two states move to ban use of food stamps to buy sodas, candy
Officials in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries.
RFK Jr. dares governor of America's fattest state to do regular public weigh-ins
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a mission to make America healthy again, and he’s tackling the country’s most obese state — and its...
Doctors for the uber-rich and more: Letters to the Editor — Feb. 23, 2025
Posh doctors Thank you to The Post for highlighting the growth of concierge medicine, a dangerous trend in New York City and across the country (“It’s club med-icine,” Feb. 14)....
Americans on food stamps could be banned from buying 'bad food and sugary drinks,' Trump USDA chief says
"When a taxpayer is putting money into SNAP, are we OK with us using their tax dollars to feed really bad food and sugary drinks to children who perhaps need...
NYC grinches steal 'thousands' in food stamps from senior living residents ahead of holidays
Big Apple grinches swiped "thousands of dollars" in federally-funded SNAP benefits from elderly residents in Flushing ahead of the holidays.
This state splashes out billions in taxpayer cash on food stamps for noncitizens
Every year, the United States has allowed between 1.47 million and 1.86 million noncitizens to receive food stamps from the federal government at a taxpayer cost of almost $3 billion...
Pull the plug: Republicans' food-stamp fail could add $70B to taxpayers' burden
House Republicans have failed Negotiating 101, and taxpayers will suffer.
Number of Pennsylvania residents relying on food stamps and Medicaid is skyrocketing
The number of Pennsylvanians receiving food stamps and Medicaid has ballooned compared to a generation ago.
Kathy Hochul goes all in — with NY taxpayer cash — on Biden’s new feed-the-rich program
The Pandemic-EBT program stacked on top of the food-stamp program, already available to needy families year-round, amounts to nearly $1,000 per month for a family of four.
Dear Abby: A supermarket cashier flipped out at me because I wouldn't pay for another woman's food
Dear Abby weighs in on grocery store etiquette and a husband who doesn't show his son love.
NYC spent almost $2.5B providing welfare checks to over 720K residents – the most it's paid out in over a decade
New York City provided a whopping 720,765 residents cash assistance last year -- the most it’s ever awarded annually in welfare checks in at least a decade.
The simple reform Congress can make to move millions from welfare to work
Congress has a chance to help millions of Americans move from welfare to work while fixing one of the country’s most broken federal programs.
Bob Menendez tax woes, Hasan Minhaj's fake trauma and other commentary
Sen. Menendez faces charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services fraud and extortion, yet “more may be coming,” warns Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff.
States would be forced to recover staggering $11B in food stamp overpayments under proposed law
“I’m snapping back! It’s time for states at fault to pay the piper and eat the costs of their taxpayer waste," said Sen. Joni Ernst.
Biden boosted the need for food stamps — and calls that a 'success'
Higher prices (especially for groceries), high-interest rates, lower wages adjusted for inflation, and unaffordable housing are just a few of the bitter fruits from the tree of Bidenomics — and...
Biden's food stamp expansion linked to 15% jump in grocery prices: study
President Biden’s Department of Agriculture rolled out revised nutritional standards for federal food benefits in 2021 that expanded the program by roughly 25% from pre-COVID pandemic levels.
Debt deal shows Democrats are the party of freeloaders
On Wednesday night, the House passed legislation to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and cap future spending.
Get them rewrite! Debt-ceiling deal fails to fix DC
Another short period of political uncertainty is far better than taking another giant step towards national financial ruin.