On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills ...

SNAP food benefits are flowing again after a pause during the federal government shutdown After a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, federal SNAP food assistance is again flowing to low-income ...

Beginning Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown ...

Applying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can be a crucial step in securing food assistance for your household. To begin, it's essential to understand that eligibility is ...

About 1 in every 6 Oregonians gets assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. That’s one of the highest rates in the country. Mark Edwards calls that a success ...

Roughly 41.7 million people rely on assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. When the government shut down on Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture determined that ...

Terence P. Jeffrey is investigative editor for the Daily Caller News Foundation. Had the government shut down in 1958, when Dwight Eisenhower was in office, how many people would have been at risk of ...