AS I WRITE this column, we are one month into the Republican shutdown, and Granite Staters are seeing SNAP benefits lapse and health care premiums more than double. Our naval ...

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits for the 42 million people who rely on the program to feed their families. But it was unclear hours ...

Mohave County leaders will vote Monday on whether to tap local contingency funds to keep food assistance flowing to more than 5,800 low-income mothers and children as federal WIC funding runs out due ...

A coalition of more than two dozen Democratic attorneys general and governors are suing the Trump administration over its decision to suspend federal food benefits during the government shutdown. The ...

WASHINGTON ― Food benefits for millions have become a top flashpoint in the government shutdown that shows no end in sight. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is adamant that it can’t pay next month’s ...

The Trump Administration recently claimed that SNAP benefits are not available for November 2025 because SNAP’s “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” [1] This stands ...

(CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month if the shutdown continues, according to an agency memo ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) - As the government shutdown continues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month. A memo obtained by ...