More than 1.4 million households dropped off food stamps since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office in February 2017, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data on food stamp enrollment released Friday.
President Donald J. Trump correctly said during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday that nearly five million Americans dropped off welfare during his administration, which serves as the lowest food stamp participation in nearly a decade.
A former Delaware convenience store owner will spend the next 14 months in prison, starting next week, for carrying out a $1.7 million food stamp fraud scheme.
The government office overseeing the nation’s food stamp program will slim down 95 percent of its operations by the fifth day of the government shutdown, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) documents outlining shutdown contingency plans.
Three Arkansas shopkeepers pleaded guilty Wednesday to carrying out a $400,000 food stamp fraud scheme where they used food stamps to purchase items that they would resell in their stores.
The Trump administration announced Thursday it would provide additional restrictions on states’ use of waivers to get out of a requirement mandating able-bodied food stamp recipients to work to receive benefits for more than three months.
Food stamp enrollment dropped over the past year in 47 out of 50 states, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on nationwide food stamp enrollment.
Ohio lawmakers passed a bill this week that would allow the state to have greater oversight of people receiving food stamp benefits.
The Senate passed the updated 2018 Farm Bill on Tuesday, which legalized hemp and did away with implementing work requirements to receive food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
A former food stamp fraud investigator in Mississippi struck a plea deal with prosecutors Wednesday, agreeing to plead guilty to extortion charges for a lesser sentence.
Participation in the nation’s food stamp program has sunk to an all-time low, reaching its lowest level in nearly a decade, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The father of a New Jersey deli owner allegedly admitted Tuesday to playing a role in an $888,000 food stamp fraud scheme carried out over six years.
The Obama administration approved more than 71,000 retailers to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits but did not require many of these retailers to undergo background checks, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).
More than 3,000 Obama administration-approved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers used Social Security numbers of dead people when reporting SNAP redemptions to the federal government, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).
Millions of taxpayers dollars trafficked through food stamp fraud went to terrorists who funded their activities at home and abroad, according to an explosive report from the Government Accountability Institute.
Overall participation in the nation’s food stamp program dropped to its lowest level since November 2009, according to the latest statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The number of people on food stamps has declined for eight straight months, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue endorsed work requirements for food stamps in an interview on Monday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent a total of $4 billion on improper food stamp payments to those receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the USDA confirmed with Breitbart News on Friday.
A state audit of Missouri’s food stamp program found thousands of prison inmates and dead people redeemed food stamp benefits for food purchases.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed legislation Tuesday requiring food stamp recipients residing in the state to work or volunteer to receive benefits.
A South Carolina man was sentenced to prison and owes the government $1 million for committing food stamp fraud.
Enrollment in the food stamp program plunged by more than 1.3 million since Trump’s inauguration month, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The West Virginia Senate passed legislation Friday that would require food stamp recipients in the state to work at least 20 hours a week to receive benefits.
More than 35,000 U.S. retailers trafficked more than $1 billion in food stamp benefits a year over a period of three years, a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found.
A new poll released on Friday revealed that nearly half of Americans of President Donald Trump’s changes to the country’s food stamp program.
The debate surrounding food stamp recipients focuses on able-bodied adults without children, and a report released Thursday found that more than half of parents without disabilities who receive food stamps do not work.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed Wednesday that it would consider SNAP recipients’ religious and dietary preferences for the “America’s Harvest Box” proposal.
The Trump administration proposed a plan that would deliver food items to food stamp recipients as part of their benefits package.
Four million people dropped off the food stamp rolls in one month, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The state of Utah will be investigating polygamous Mormon sect members for allegedly misusing food stamps after an FBI raid in 2016 uncovered food stamp fraud within the sect.
A Tennessee meat market owner is accused of carrying out a $1.2 million food stamp fraud scheme where he traded benefits for cash.
Food stamp participation in Florida soared by 2.5 million in one month, according to the latest data on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A judge sentenced a Baltimore shopkeeper last week to 27 months behind bars for trafficking $1.5 million in food stamps.
The number of people enrolled in food stamps dropped by two million since President Trump took office, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A list of the seven biggest government crackdowns of food stamp fraud in 2017 under the Trump administration.
The year 2017 ushered in a change in how many Americans enrolled in the food stamp program and how much the government spent on it.
Participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program hit a 17-year low in 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Federal prosecutors are accusing both the owner and the manager of a convenience store in Guam of committing food stamp fraud.
A Ghanian national who pleaded guilty Thursday to conducting nearly $300,000 worth of food stamp fraud may face deportation.
