Republicans’ mammoth budget reconciliation bill includes major changes to Medicaid, food stamps, student loans and more. It also permanently extends President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts – at a cost of at least $3.

The Trump administration's legislative proposal aims to extend tax cuts while reducing healthcare and food assistance spending.

Trump administration officials, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made their case for imposing new work requirements for Medicaid and other safety net programs in a Wednesday New York Times essay.

Iowans will be banned from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars to buy certain types of food beginning in 2026.

Among those programs seeing a potential shift in cost support is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP benefits or food stamps. Thursday, the House passed a tax and spending cut bill that the Trump Administration calls the “big,

As local food banks struggle to meet demand, the Trump administration has cut USDA funding meant to provide meals for those in need.

Congressional Republicans are working to pass a massive, 1,116-page piece of legislation – titled the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" – that includes cuts to SNAP.

Once the ban on candy and soda purchases with SNAP benefits goes into effect, not all candy will be banned. That's because of Indiana's tax code. Braun cited specific Indiana code to define the soft drinks and candy that he sought to ban as eligible purchases under SNAP.