The Agriculture Department said the rule would close "a loophole" that enables people receiving only minimal benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to be eligible automatically for food stamps.
A partisan Facebook page significantly exaggerated the likely consequences of the House's version of the 2018 "farm bill."
This claim, in circulation since at least 2012, is mathematically impossible and factually deficient.
The head of one advocacy group says the program hinges on an "antiquated" idea about people enrolled in the SNAP program.
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.
Racially-charged reports that Donald Trump said that he wanted to get rid of specific social programs originated from a hoax news site.
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).
Despite what some people may think they've read, you still can't use food stamps to purchase marijuana.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
The U.S. may have pushed for the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor, but not for the reasons implied in a video clip.
Days before Canada's 2019 federal election, rumors emerged about the future prime minister's 2001 departure from the West Point Grey Academy.
Two prominent U.S. political families sniped at each other over alleged abuses of influence.
There are no real winners in this contest.