The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were significantly cut Tuesday due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, leaving millions of families without a stable means of obtaining food.

Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food assistance program during a government shutdown. Despite the court orders, local organizations in Georgia are ...