The SNAP program significantly impacts many Americans, with participation exceeding California's population, leading to ...

SNAP food benefits are flowing again after a pause during the federal government shutdown. But the clock is about to start on a policy that imposes work requirements on more beneficiaries.

On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.

Michelle Obama says that on any day during the eight years she was first lady of the United States, she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a foreign counterpart to digging in her vegetable ...

With the 43-day government shutdown officially ended, when will SNAP food assistance payments resume? Here's what we know.

The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized ...

During the government shutdown, booksellers are collecting food for Americans who receive federal aid to buy groceries.

The Justice Department argues that the "irreparable harm" lies in being required to obey the court order and spend the money. By that logic, the government's institutional discomfort outweighs the ...

The hard-working people and families who rely on SNAP benefits deserve certainty, not confusion," Gov. Josh Stein said Nov. 8.

The Trump administration asked an appeals court to block a judge’s ruling that required the government to fully fund food ...

Even after the shutdown ends, SNAP will be at risk as states start to pay for a portion of the program for the first time. Their share will depend on an obscure stat -- the payment error rate.

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