As the government shutdown halts SNAP benefits, Florida families like Brittany Bucknor's are bracing for hardship and uncertainty over how to keep food on the table.

Funding for food stamps has moved to the center of the shutdown fight as strains deepen across the country. More than 40 million low-income food stamp beneficiaries are expected to receive less

As the shutdown continues, millions of Americans face expiring SNAP benefits and a looming cliff for health care subsidies and Head Start programs. Adrienne Elrod, former senior adviser and spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign,

"It's time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship. Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay — today," American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn signed onto bill to pay for food assistance for 42 million Americans until Congress can reach a deal to open the government.

The Central Texas Food Bank has announced that due to the government shutdown, the USDA will not distribute SNAP benefits on Nov. 1. However, individuals with r

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning that the Trump administration cannot add more funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program unilaterally.

More than 200 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her to use the contingency fund to continue the program.