Per the USDA, in fiscal year 2024, SNAP served an average of 41.7 million people per month — or 12.3% of residents in the United States. The share of residents receiving SNAP benefits ranged from as ...

SNAP benefit issuance dates will remain unchanged in 2026, with each state following its regular payment dates. Benefits will ...

The longest federal government shutdown in history came to an end late on Nov. 12 after President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 30, offering a glimmer of hope to the ...

Tens of millions of Americans who rely on the nation’s largest federal food assistance program have been caught in a weekslong swirl of Trump administration pronouncements, court orders and anxiety ...

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(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a short-term order that allows the Trump administration to withhold paying for full food stamp payments in November, a move that appeared designed to put ...