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RFK Jr. Seeks to Ban Soda Buying With Food Stamps in Health Push

The event offered a glimpse at the Trump administration’s playbook for going after Big Soda.
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By Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Brett Pulley

March 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM EDT

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March 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM EDT

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined West Virginia’s governor, Patrick Morrisey, on Friday in declaring the latest front in their war on unhealthy foods.

Morrisey announced that he will ask the United States Department of Agriculture to stop allowing West Virginia residents to purchase soda through government-funded food programs.