Gov. Phil Murphy announced a state of emergency yesterday evening in response to the federal government’s attempt at suspending funds for the Supplemental ...

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and US Senator Amy Klobuchar praised the rulings by two federal judges that the government must use emergency funds to fund SNAP benefits ...

The 2025 shutdown is a few days shy of the record set by the 2018-2019 shutdown, which lasted 34 days and took place during President Trump’s first administration.

In an unprecedented situation, tens of millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program starting on Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. FDA restricts use of ...

President Donald Trump could use $5 billion emergency fund for SNAP benefits during shutdown, Democrats argue, while ...

According to The Times, one ruling, in the District of Rhode Island, ordered the Trump administration to distribute the Nov. 1 funds “as soon as possible.” The other ruling, in Massachusetts, called ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he has instructed White House lawyers to ask courts for more clarity on how his ...

With the pause in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning Nov. 1 ... the United States Department ...

The Trump administration had said SNAP food assistance wouldn’t be distributed in November because of the government shutdown. But on Friday, a judge ordered that contingency funds be distributed.

From workers skipping paychecks to missing economic data causing the Federal Reserve to fly partially blind in its decision making, the effects of the shutdown are being increasingly felt throughout ...

More than 1 in 10 Washingtonians use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, to pay for groceries, including more than 50,000 in Seattle.