Food prices are rising faster than many fixed incomes, and for older Americans that gap often shows up in the refrigerator.

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 ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It's not going according to plan.