During the 43-day federal government shutdown, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were withheld for two weeks in early November. This was the first time in the program's history ...

For Ashleigh Ligon, a mother of six living in Federal Way, Washington, the defining word for November has been “uncertainty.” Ligon’s household is already marked by the chaos of a large family—her six ...

The federal government is reopening, but there’s still uncertainty about when one of the most far-reaching impacts of the closure will be resolved and all 42 million Americans who receive SNAP food ...

With the longest U.S. government shutdown over, state officials said Thursday that they are working quickly to get full SNAP food benefits to millions of people, though it still could take up to a ...

When Lee Harris’ SNAP benefits didn’t come through on Nov. 11, he was forced to get creative. Having already exhausted the family’s October benefits, the 34-year-old stay-at-home dad in Little Rock, ...

When Leah B. Foley, the US attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced federal charges against two men alleging they had illegally trafficked nearly $7 million in food stamps, or SNAP ...

A new cost-sharing law could put SNAP benefits at risk for tens of millions of Americans. States will have to fund a portion of SNAP benefits based on their payment ...

Social media users have claimed that the fall 2025 disruption to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food assistance payments was part of Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint linked ...

The month leading into the biggest food holiday of the year has been stressful for the 41.7 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food ...

The government shutdown caused a panic among recipients, but the monthly budgeting issues go back 50 years and may get worse. By Meghan McCarron The government-shutdown crisis may be coming to an end, ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be restored in full by Monday. “We, immediately last night, began moving out, ...