Federal judges ruled the Trump administration cannot suspend food aid for millions of Americans during the government shutdown. Despite the ruling, community groups and businesses are mobilizing to ...

The prolonged U.S. government shutdown is putting millions of Americans at risk of missing their November food stamp benefits, a vital lifeline for low-income households. The U.S. Department of ...

As the 2025 U.S. government shutdown wore on in late 2025 over budget disagreements, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

In an unprecedented situation, millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown. The US Department of Agriculture ...

Roughly 42 million Americans rely on food stamps that arrive every month on their electronic benefit transfer cards. On Nov. 1, that aid is set to abruptly stop amid the ongoing U.S. government ...

The most recently published U.S. Agriculture Department data shows that as of 2023, the largest group of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients by race was white (35.4%), followed by ...

A government shutdown has caused funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to run out. November SNAP benefits will not be issued to 42 million Americans, including nearly three ...

The Trump administration has agreed to tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to pay partial food stamp benefits in November amid the government shutdown. But enrollees will only get half ...