The U.S. Department of Agriculture is telling states to begin turning over sensitive data on applicants to the food assistance program previously known as food stamps. The agency has recently expanded the scope of the data demand to include immigration ...

The Department of Agriculture's unprecedented demand that states and payment processors turn over sensitive data about people who receive federal food assistance is on hold — for now. A USDA official said in court filings late Friday the agency has not ...

The US Department of Agriculture is preliminarily enjoined from withholding funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if states fail to hand over personal information about applicants and recipients,

The USDA has set a deadline of July 30 for states to hand over the sensitive data of tens of millions of people who applied for federal food assistance, while a lawsuit is trying to stop the collection. The details: USDA is requiring states turn over ...

A coalition of 21 states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the federal agency told states to turn over the detailed, personal information of food assistance applicants and their household members.

A judge halted the USDA's request for states to provide SNAP recipients' personal information, safeguarding their privacy.

When Julliana Samson signed up for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help afford food as she studied at the University of California, Berkeley, she had to turn in extensive, detailed personal information to the state to qualify.

This spring, the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled thousands of orders, accounting for millions of pounds of food, meant for low-income Americans. Orders totaling more than 370,000 pounds of U.S.

In October, the USDA announced funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, would not be available beyond Nov. 1. Here's where you can help.