The federal government formally entered a shutdown at midnight Wednesday after Senate Democrats bucked a GOP-led short-term federal funding bill just hours before. While President Donald Trump and his ...

Whether states can find the money in their budgets — billions of dollars in some cases — will have wide-ranging, and likely uneven, consequences for some 42 million recipients.

An innovative initiative in New York is transforming the way certain residents access nutritious, hot meals. Through the Restaurant Meals Program, recipients of the Supplemental Nu ...

Missouri has become the latest state to request a waiver that would ban junk food items from being purchased using SNAP benefits.

Late Thursday, a federal judge in California, Maxine Chesney, temporarily blocked the USDA from forcing plaintiff states to comply with the demand.

Active duty military, including the National Guard, are required to carry out their duties and will not be paid until the end of the government shutdown. They will receive back pay when the government ...

Two months after President Donald Trump enacted the biggest-ever cut to federal food assistance, his administration ended a key yearly report on food insecurity, drawing widespread condemnation Monday ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, underwent significant changes in 2025 as new income limits and ...