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5 October 2017 The Department of Agriculture agreed to waive the usual "hot food" ban for food stamps and denies rejecting an earlier waiver request.
21 September 2017 A Facebook prank site published a hoax report that soda and candy would no longer be eligible for electronic benefits transfer purchases.
Updated A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a grain of truth to them but elide important facts.
18 July 2017 House Republicans unveiled a budget that makes deep cuts in food stamps and other social safety net programs while boosting military spending by billions.
6 June 2017 A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance.
10 November 2016 Racially-charged reports that Donald Trump said that he wanted to get rid of specific social programs originated from a hoax news site.
20 October 2016 President Obama has not passed a law removing a restriction that bars food stamp recipients from purchasing hot food items with SNAP benefits.
30 September 2016 A viral video depicts a man who followed a purportedly Muslim woman to her vehicle at night and accused her of using food stamps to buy soda to sell in her store.
23 September 2016 An existing hoax news site used a new domain to spread a false rumor about a freeze on government assistance in Wisconsin.
23 September 2016 A fake news site played to racially charged rhetoric by claiming that Keith Lamont Scott protest 'rioters' in Charlotte would lose all government benefits if caught looting.
19 August 2016 A fake news article reported that Donald Trump said abolitionist Harriet Tubman's likeness belongs on food stamps, not the $20 bill.
27 June 2016 A baseless Facebook rumor held that President Obama was giving food stamp recipients an extra $1,000 per month for three months.
18 March 2016 An Alabama newspaper's assertion that a proposed bill would bar food stamp recipients from owning cars was widely repeated on blogs (but later corrected).
16 February 2016 No, a Republican politician didn't propose saliva-based "hunger tests" prior to issuing food stamps.
28 January 2016 A long-circulating rumor claiming that recipients of food stamps or welfare are required to submit to RFID microchipping is still categorically untrue.
29 October 2015 Did Ben Carson benefit from welfare early in life, only to say such programs caused the "disintegration of the family unit" and "enslav[ed] African-Americans"?
1 September 2015
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