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

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 ...

Facing a deadline to recertify SNAP recipients in four counties or lose funding, the state hopes to beat the USDA in court.

The move was part of a broader effort to freeze social services to some Democratic-led states amid a fraud investigation in ...