'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way.

SNAP recipients told to buy shelf-stable food or go to food banks as funding deadline looms

People who rely on the federal food assistance program might not receive their benefits for the month of November because of ...

Democrats under fire as food stamp funds run dry: 42 million Americans caught in shutdown fight

Federal food programs including SNAP and WIC face funding shortages affecting over 42 million people as the government ...

Will the US government shutdown halt food stamps?

The programme helps 40 million low-income Americans afford groceries - but the government shutdown has funds running dry.

Upstate food pantries brace for influx of need as government shutdown threatens food aid

The shutdown has surpassed a three-week mark, leaving the future of November SNAP benefits uncertain as the USDA warns of a ...