On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.

Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

In a brief order, the U.S. Supreme Court acceded to a request by the Trump administration to at least temporarily block ...

Comments by Trump and his officials this week suggest food assistance might be the administration’s next target.

The Buffalo, New York, native has been living in financial limbo since being laid off in early June, and has had to turn to ...

Is SNAP the same as food stamps? Having access to these benefits will be affected by a government shutdown. Details to follow.

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ...

About 42 million people participate in SNAP, which provides food assistance to low-income households. But online, X users have fueled doubts about the program’s beneficiaries.

The government shutdown halted the program’s funding, and left many hungry New Yorkers with little or nothing to eat.

About one in eight Pennsylvanians depend on SNAP for grocery assistance totaling about $366 million each month.

But the administration indicated it might not be necessary, as Congress moved toward a deal to fund the government.