Stamping out food stamp fraud

Food stamp fraud is plunging, with 4 1/2 million scammers losing benefits since last July. That’s great news because it’s ...
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The history of food stamps and where it goes from here

President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the ...
New York Post

Hunger games: The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...
Quad-City Times

Student sees food stamp abuse

A Times article by Mike Riopell (Sept. 30, “Food stamps use continues to rise,”) reported that the U.S. has spend $56.1 billion on food stamps, up from $39.4 billion the year before. Riopell reported ...
Washington Times

USDA tells food-stamp stores to sell more ‘real food’

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday that stores that accept government food stamps must sell more “real food” in an effort to prod America’s poor to ditch snacks in favor of healthier ...