The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid ...

The Agriculture Department said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, contradicting earlier guidance that ...

Blaming the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration said it could not fund the benefits beginning in November.

" It’s unbelievable," McKee said at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. “It’s the Trump’s administration version of ‘Let ...

Republican Sens. Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno, both of Ohio, have signed on to the Keep SNAP Funded Act. Vice President JD ...

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said it has been instructed to temporarily ...

Millions of Americans rely on federal assistance for access to nutritious food. Here's who's impacted as funds dry up in the ...

Already overwhelmed food pantries, banks and churches across Massachusetts are scrambling, pleading for donations as more ...

Officials from half the states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to order the Department of Agriculture ...

The Senate on Tuesday will vote on the House-passed GOP funding bill to reopen the federal government, as the shutdown hits ...

Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or better known as SNAP - or food stamps - won’t be issued in November.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has $5.5 billion in back-up funds for food stamp benefits but says it can’t use them.