During America’s hardest economic times, canned goods were a lifeline. From 1929, the start of the Great Depression, to 1941, ...

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government ...

The pain of the shutdown is being felt by millions of other Americans as the federal government enters Day 32 of a funding squabble.

Despite court orders to distribute SNAP benefits, state officials said the funds remain on hold for nearly 2 million ...

TheNew York Times addressed President Donald Trump’s claim that SNAP benefit recipients are “largely Democrats.” Speaking to reporters while aboard Air Force One on his way to […] ...

As the government shutdown continues, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service confirmed that November SNAP benefits would not be distributed on time. That concern has put pressure on local food pantries, ...

More than 750,000 Alabamians will lose food assistance in November as federal shutdown continues, but local organizations are ...

Columnist Steve Bousquet looks at the food crisis for South Florida’s neediest, and wonders: What are federal “contingency funds” for, if not for a time like this?

Arkansas lawmakers are pushing to end the shutdown as the Department of Human Services could be faced with furloughing 1,500 ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joins “The Weekend” for a wide-ranging conversation including Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Portland, legal updates on the attempted federalization ...

If your SNAP benefits or pay have been interrupted amid the government shutdown, the Houston Food Bank is offering relief through special food distributions.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. FDA restricts use of ...