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Federal Judge Beryl Howell, in a ruling late last week, stopped a set of changes that would have taken effect on April 1.

Congressional Democrats and advocates for the poor were quick to condemn the administration's actions.

President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty he hasn't had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bipartisan legislation.

Farm-state lawmakers hoping for passage of a farm bill by the end of the year will have to first bridge a deep divide between the House and the Senate over the role of the government in helping the nation's poor.

A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program.

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — State officials say a Detroit-area woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but continued to get food stamps has been removed from the food assistance program. The Michigan Department of Human Services said Wednesday the lottery winner no longer was getting benefits...