A federal judge in Rhode Island is temporarily ordering the Trump administration to continue funding SNAP benefits. "The court is orally at this time, ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely, or as soon as possible, for the November 1 payments to be made," said U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr.

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has asked federal courts to clarify whether it can legally release Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments as the government shu...

The plaintiffs, represented by the liberal legal advocacy group Democracy Forward, argued the agency's decision to suspend benefits was wrong and unlawful, as the USDA still had funds available to fu...

With the federal government shutdown set to cross the one-month mark on Saturday, and with no visible end in sight, millions of Americans have felt the pinch of the end of key services.

President Donald Trump late Thursday called for Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown by using the so-called “nuclear option” to eliminate the legislative filibuster.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday delayed flights at airports in Austin, Newark and Nashville as air traffic control staffing problems continue to snarl flights and a government shutdown ...

The Orlando airport was nearly shut down due to staff shortage during the United States government shutdown, but a last-minute arrangement of the air traffic controllers averted the closure.

Cracks are forming in the Senate GOP conference over whether benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) should be allowed to lapse this weekend.