The recent unveiling of new federal welfare rules on July 10 marks a significant shift in the landscape of public assistance in the United States. These changes, which reinterpret the 1996 Personal ...

The 'No Welfare for Non‑Citizens Act' is a bill introduced by Congressman Randy Fine to prohibit non-citizens from federal ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

Minnesota welfare fraud investigation expands beyond $1 billion scandal to expose systemic abuse of federal loan programs, ...

States are now in the process of preparing to implement parts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which achieved some of the most significant pro-work reforms to America’s social welfare system in ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed two state agencies to investigate the potential misuse of taxpayer money in one ...

Americans have heard plenty about how, effective November 1, the federal government shutdown suspended regular food stamp payments to 42 million individuals. Food stamps are important welfare benefits ...

The Trump administration on Thursday issued sweeping new rules barring illegal immigrants from a host of federal welfare benefits, including food stamps, Title X family planning funds, homelessness ...

I am so thrilled that President Trump has revamped our country's welfare and Medicaid programs. These programs are rife with fraud. Especially in Vermont, we have individuals flooding in from across ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Fall 2025 Magazine. You can subscribe here. When he ran for president, Bill Clinton promised to “end welfare as we know it.” In 1996, Clinton signed ...

Democrats have a fraud problem. A big one. And the past few weeks have shown just how much it costs Americans. In November, news broke that Democrats in Minnesota had allowed fraudsters — mostly in ...