SNAP benefits became a national flashpoint during the government shutdown in 2025, as millions of Americans worried about what would happen if funding stalled. For households relying on monthly ...

SNAP benefits are restored, and the program is funded through next year. But the Trump administration is now looking to “completely deconstruct the program,” its top USDA official said. Agriculture ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

As the controversy over funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown dragged on in recent days, the top official in charge of the program pivoted to a ...

The federally funded program is sometimes referred to as food stamps. The federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has been an increasingly searched topic of discussion as ...

The record-breaking government shutdown has come to an end, but what remains are the ripple effects that played out over those 43 days. Among them were the disruptions to food assistance benefits like ...

Starting Jan. 1, taxable foods and beverages in Iowa will no longer be eligible under SNAP. This includes candy, soda and ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order Friday stating that 25 states suing the Trump administration over failing to fund the nation’s low-income food program, known as the Supplemental ...

Court rulings on Friday ensured the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will continue.But the future is unknown as the U.S. Government shutdown remains in place. “It's very ...

Some 42 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images News Tracy Roof, University of Richmond The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has ...