Arkansas seeks to ban junk food like soda and candy from SNAP and lead a national push for healthier benefits to “Make America Healthy Again." ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, is a financial relief for thousands of families in the United States to cover their basic needs. However ...

In order to narrow that definition, either Congress would need ... Agriculture to approve a request to restrict the foods that SNAP participants within their state can purchase in some form ...