What has become SNAP began as the federal Food Stamp Program in 1939. The program has changed and grown over the years, stopping and restarting, and hitting a peak of 47.6 million recipients in 2013.

Senators have left Washington as the government shutdown marks day 31 and amid a looming deadline for SNAP benefits. Follow for live updates.

The Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee has approved moving $30 million from its contingency account to the Food Insecurity Nevada Plan, which will support the state’s food banks amid the ...

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. What is SNAP? SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is a federal program that provides benefits to ...

With funding for food stamps on the verge of lapsing for the first time in its 60-year history, local food banks are bracing ...

SNAP funds running out during the shutdown is the big news, but other food assistance programs are also running dry.

The USDA has refused to release contingency funds, and Congress remains gridlocked — but there are still paths to keeping the ...

A MAGA congressman has gone on a finger-pointing rant aimed at food stamp recipients, accusing them of “smoking crack” ahead ...