Capital Region food pantries are still operating "in crisis" as residents await held-up payments, officials say.

The state was following the direction of a USDA memo sent to states Friday, hours before the Supreme Court's temporary stay.

More shutdown impacts: Americans are missing meals without SNAP assistance. Yesterday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release full SNAP benefits. Today: A vote to reopen the government will test a split among Senate Democrats.

The Supreme Court has greenlit the Trump administration's enforcement of a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary individuals from choosing passport sex mark