Some recipients have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.

Some recipients have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.

The government shutdown caused a panic among recipients, but the monthly budgeting issues go back 50 years and may get worse.

Food banks and pantries have been experiencing historic demand since SNAP benefits halted on Nov. 1 for many Americans in the midst of the federal government shutdown.

The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.

For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest shutdown in history has left doubt and anxiety around the benefits known as SNAP.

The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.

The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits.

The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a government funding bill.

The Supreme Court extended a pause Tuesday of a lower court’s order for the Trump administration to use child nutrition funds to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as the House of Representatives is expected to pass legislation to reopen the government as soon as Wednesday. The unsigned order from the high court extends an […]

The high court's decision keeps in place a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing.

The Supreme Court has extended Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's stay of a lower court order that the administration complete payment of full SNAP benefits for November.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments

The Supreme Court's emergency action stands to impact tens of millions of low-income Americans who receive SNAP benefits.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to continue halting a lower court’s order to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits using funds intended for child nutrition, noting how Congress appears poised to soon end the government shutdown that has thrust the program into uncertainty. Solicitor General D. John Sauer warned that while the […]

The fight over SNAP benefits continues to play out in the Supreme Court and federal courts, leaving millions of low-income Americans hanging in the balance.

A delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.

Political clash between VP Vance and PA governor Shapiro over SNAP benefits hints at potential 2028 presidential rivalry as shutdown impacts hungry families.

A ruling late Sunday offered a possible reprieve for people who receive assistance from the program known as SNAP.

Disruptions to federal SNAP benefits shine a light on the hunger crisis that has long afflicted L.A.

A late night ruling on Sunday offered a possible reprieve for people on the program known as SNAP.

The three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled against the Trump administration regarding the distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The court denied a request by the Trump administration to block a district court’s previous ruling that full SNAP benefits were to be paid to all 42 million […]

Trump's decision to halt SNAP benefits during the 40-day government shutdown affects 42 million Americans while federal workers go unpaid and controversy grows.

The question of whether the Trump administration can be compelled to pay 42 million Americans full food stamp benefits is set to return to the Supreme Court.

In late-night guidance, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states.

The Trump administration over the weekend ordered states to “undo” certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments recently sent out to beneficiaries.  The Department of Agriculture issued the Saturday memo in response to a Supreme Court ruling released Friday evening that stayed a lower court’s ruling ordering the Trump administration to deliver full SNAP payments on […]

The Trump administration has told states to stop paying out full food stamp benefits while it scrambles to find ways to address the funding lapse caused by the government shutdown.

The food assistance programme has been caught in a back-and-forth legal battle over funding as the government shutdown drags on.

The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.

Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

(The Center Square) – In the latest move to fund food benefits for low-income Californians, Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He asked the court to reject the Trump administration’s request to appeal a previous court decision requiring the federal government to fund food benefits. […]

(The Center Square) – Nevada Senate Democrats are looking at locally funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as a court ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the program. The administration on Friday said it would follow the order and fully fund SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, despite the government shutdown and funding lapse.  Before […]

The fate of SNAP was once again in question on Saturday after the Supreme Court temporarily agreed to allow the Trump administration to withhold full aid under the program.

SNAP recipients in California, particularly single moms, were preparing for the worst amid the federal shutdown. But then a court ruling came to their rescue.

The temporary ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, blocking a lower court order to fully fund the aid, added to the uncertainty around the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

A lower court had said the federal food aid benefits for November should be fully funded by Friday despite the government shutdown,

A federal judge ordered the government to fully fund food aid by Friday. The Trump administration's appeal was denied, so it's asking appealed, saying it's up to Congress to fund SNAP.

The Trump administration filed an emergency Supreme Court appeal after losing a bid to partially fund the SNAP food assistance program amid the ongoing shutdown.

Supreme Court issues emergency stay on federal judge's ruling that would have forced Trump administration to transfer $4 billion for SNAP program funding.

The Trump administration filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court asking it to quickly halt a lower court’s order to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits using funds intended for child nutrition. The petition to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket came less than an hour after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit […]

The Trump administration spent Friday fighting an appellate court battle to avoid restoring $4 billion in SNAP benefits in jeopardy due to the government shutdown.

At one food pantry in Boston, the spike in demand means there's now a two-week wait for some to receive food, stressing needy families as well as pantry staff.

Funding for Snap, also known as food stamps, has been at the centre of the US government shutdown as it has entered its 38th day.

A federal appeals court is weighing the Trump administration’s request to pause a Rhode Island judge’s order requiring $4 billion to fully fund SNAP benefits for millions of low-income Americans through November.

The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to issue an emergency stay of a judge's ruling Thursday ordering the administration to fully fund SNAP.

For the 42 million people who rely on the country’s largest anti-hunger program, it has been a chaotic, nerve-racking week. Here are some of their stories.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by Friday using funds intended for child nutrition after chastising officials for not issuing partial benefits quickly enough. U.S. District Judge John McConnell told Department of Justice lawyers during a hearing Thursday that they “did not comply” with his ruling […]

The federal judge ruled that Trump was choosing to withhold federal food aid due to "political reasons".

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.

The judge scolded Trump officials for failing to comply with his order to fund the SNAP program through November — and gave them just 24 hours to do so.

The order directs the government to deliver the money by Friday for federal food-assistance benefits that have been delayed by the shutdown.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund SNAP for the month of November by tomorrow.

A federal judge rebuked the administration for the way it tried to fund only partial benefits to food stamp recipients.

Some Americans who saw their SNAP benefits halt on Nov. 1 say they have to choose between paying their rent and buying food.

Under court order to restart SNAP food aid, the Trump administration said it would provide 50% of benefits. But a policy group says the formula for calculating them will leave many with far less.

(The Center Square) – Partial benefits will be issued for nearly 1.4 million North Carolinians relying on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the state Health Department says. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave guidance on Tuesday. Federal funding being provided this week would allow the state Department of Health and Human Services, which administers […]

EXCLUSIVE — House Democrats’ campaign arm is rolling out a four-figure ad buy targeting House Republicans on the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as the government shutdown enters its record-breaking 36th day. The ad, shared first with the Washington Examiner, will run in seven battleground districts represented by Reps. David Valadao (R-CA), Monica […]

Millions of low-income Americans will see staggering cuts and delays to their food stamps this month due to the government shutdown. Tony Romm, an economic policy reporter at The New York Times, walks us through the last several weeks of chaos around SNAP benefits.

Former public safety officials-turned-House Republicans are appealing to Senate Democrats as the government shutdown reaches historic levels.

Anti-hunger groups and state officials have warned that the administration’s plans to make partial payments are onerous and could still result in severe harm.

Texas Democrat Jolanda Jones criticized President Donald Trump for previously sharing an AI-generated video while SNAP benefits will only be half funded for November.

(The Center Square) – Michigan food pantries are reporting higher demand as uncertainty continues over federal funding for food benefits. This comes as the federal government shutdown continues into its fifth week. Wednesday will mark this shutdown as the longest in the history of the nation. The prolonged shutdown has now prompted states to take action. […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said SNAP benefits will only resume in full when Democrats end the government shutdown, which has entered its second month.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will not speed up Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November, despite statements from top administration officials earlier this week stating the opposite. The Trump administration has drawn criticism in recent weeks for placing SNAP benefits at the center of the government shutdown fight, saying the […]

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.

Charlamagne tha God told Democrats to give up their government shutdown fight and provide relief to Americans struggling without SNAP benefits.

Also, Election Day is tomorrow for millions of Americans. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley blasted the Trump administration for advocating for SNAP work requirements as the government shutdown continues.

The White House said it would give partial payments to 42 million recipients.

Government shutdown threatens food stamps for 42 million Americans as House Democrats reject the GOP's funding bill over a healthcare cuts dispute.

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it will deplete the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency fund to provide food stamp recipients with part of their monthly benefits. Late last week, U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the administration to use contingency funds and either fully or partially fund November payments, demanding […]

An injection of $450 million for WIC comes as the Trump administration announced it would only fund partial benefits for another food aid program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for November.

The Trump administration has committed to partially funding SNAP with a $4.65 billion payment, but the funding could take up to several months, officials said.

Details about how much of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will remain funded and for how long it will be kept afloat are unclear.

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

One in eight Americans receive a food assistance programme called Snap, which has gone unfunded since Saturday.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she made it clear to states that 'no illegal aliens can use SNAP, zero, zero, zero'

Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP benefits. And, New York City voters head to the polls tomorrow to choose between Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race.

President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds.

President Trump wants to ensure that low-income Americans get their food stamp benefits and “could” tap into a contingency fund as soon as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. “President Trump just Truthed out that he’s very anxious to get this done,” Bessent told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday about addressing the funding lapse....

Government shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans as funding expires Saturday, leaving low-income families without food assistance.

At one grocery store in Massachusetts, SNAP recipients faced growing fears, dwindling funds and lighter shopping carts.

The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need.

The government shutdown has frozen SNAP funding for 42 million Americans. Food banks warn shelves are emptying fast as states struggle to fill the gap.

Los Angeles food banks scurry to fill the gap as Angelenos' SNAP benefits are interrupted by the federal government shutdown.

The written order came one day after a court told the Trump administration it must pay benefits in the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.

Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate Democrats when they controlled the upper chamber.

Government shutdown eliminates Affordable Care Act tax credits and SNAP benefits, leaving millions without health benefits or food assistance as Congress fails to act.

President Donald Trump could use $5 billion emergency fund for SNAP benefits during shutdown, Democrats argue, while Republicans demand government reopening first.

Republican lawmakers heartily rejected President Donald Trump‘s most recent plan for ending the ongoing government shutdown: getting rid of the filibuster rule. The shutdown is rapidly approaching the longest in American history, and Trump put forward his filibuster proposal Thursday night, ahead of Saturday’s looming deadline to pass a funding bill or risk more than […]

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

President Trump said that he would heed court rulings ordering his administration to fund food stamps during the government shutdown, but there are complications.

Andrew Cuomo, the former governor running for mayor of New York City, said he will privately raise funds to support local food pantries if federal food stamp funding lapses. Two judges ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must tap contingency funds to cover November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which was slated […]

Judges on Friday ordered the federal government to continue providing food assistance during the shutdown. But benefits will still most likely be interrupted.

Trump seeks court ruling on SNAP payments during government shutdown as 42 million Americans face uncertainty over November food stamp benefits.

The president said a lapse in SNAP funding would “largely” hurt Democrats. But interruptions to the program will also affect Republicans.

Trump administration lawyers are inquiring how the Department of Agriculture can legally tap into contingency funds to keep food stamps rolling during the government shutdown. Federal judge Jack McConnell in Rhode Island ruled Friday that the Trump administration must use contingency funds to keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs subsidized as the government shutdown nears its […]

Government shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans as President Donald Trump and Kevin Hassett push to eliminate Senate filibuster rules.

"Your government is failing you right now. Poverty is not red or blue," Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Capitol Hill press conference alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a government welfare program, could expire Saturday, putting all eyes on the food stamp subsidies used by millions across the country.  Two judges ordered the Trump administration on Friday to release emergency funding to keep federal aid flowing. However, it is unclear whether roughly 40 million beneficiaries will still receive […]

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A pair of federal judges ordered the Trump administration to keep SNAP payments flowing during the government shutdown, averting a lapse in food aid for millions of Americans.

Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.

(The Center Square) – With 1.4 million Ohioans expected to lose federal food benefits Saturday and communities scrambling to fill the gap, state taxpayers are kicking in help. After pleadings from state Democrats over the past week to step in, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed an emergency order releasing $25 million in taxpayer funds for food. […]

A federal judge said the plan to suspend food aid to millions of Americans during the ongoing US government shutdown is likely unlawful.

Judge Indira Talwani acknowledged this will leave millions of people without assistance starting Saturday. Two dozen Democratic-led states had sued over the administration's decision to suspend SNAP.

The federal food assistance program used by millions of Americans was set to suspend payments on Nov. 1 because of the shutdown.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to suspend SNAP funding is "unlawful," but declined to immediately order that the program be funded.

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration move to suspend SNAP food benefits to 42 million Americans due to the ongoing government shutdown was likely against the law.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins appeared alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday on Capitol Hill, the latest high-profile guest the speaker has hosted as the government shutdown persists. Johnson has hosted a slew of guests at his daily press conference each morning, with Rollins’s appearance coinciding with the lapse of funding for the […]

Senate Republicans are resisting his demand to end the long-standing filibuster rule in order to end the government shutdown.

House Speaker Mike Johnson distanced himself from demands to get rid of the filibuster, warning it could backfire if Democrats took back Senate control.

The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government.

President Trump "is as angry as I am and the American people are about this madness," House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a press conference Friday morning.

Speaker Mike Johnson is set to hold a press conference around 10 a.m. Friday with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. PUBLIC BLAMES GOP MORE THAN DEMOCRATS FOR SHUTDOWN AHEAD OF SNAP FUNDING DEADLINE Food program SNAP is going to run out of money on Saturday, ratcheting up pressure on both parties to get a government shutdown […]

Ending the long-standing rule would allow Republicans in the Senate to pass a funding bill without Democratic support.

Capitol Hill staffers, already frustrated by the prospect of a first missed paycheck on Friday due to the government shutdown, have begun highlighting how seemingly everyday, small tasks are becoming increasingly difficult. “There have been so many small inconveniences where we don’t realize are essential to having an open and effective government — the doors being […]

A federal judge is set to decide whether the Trump administration will have to find funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing. And, President Trump says the U.S. should resume nuclear weapons testing.

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“Shutdowns are terrible,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) admitted several times in an October television interview. Clark spoke of “families that are going to suffer.” She insisted that her party, which at least technically caused the shutdown by refusing to end a filibuster in the Senate, “take[s] that responsibility very seriously.” At the same […]

If the federal government hasn’t reopened by the time you’re reading this column, then you’ve lived to witness the Democratic Party break a lamentable record of engineering the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. It’s not as though the political pressure hasn’t been mounting. Democrats’ share of generic congressional polling has fallen since the […]

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.

President Donald Trump has grown weary of Democrats’ efforts to prolong the government shutdown. He has called on Republican senators to use the “nuclear option” to end it. In two posts to his Truth Social account late Thursday night, the president urged Republicans to end the filibuster in order to end the shutdown. In his […]

President Trump called on Republicans Thursday to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” and change Senate rules to allow legislation to end the 30-day long government shutdown pass with a simple majority vote.

The president said it was time for G.O.P. leaders to get rid of the longstanding rule requiring most Senate legislation to have 60 votes to pass.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for Republicans to eliminate the filibuster in order to end the month-long government shutdown.

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

The Senate is now adjourned until Monday afternoon, which will mark the 34th day of the government shutdown.

A Boston federal judge suggested she was not persuaded by the Trump administration's argument that it is legally barred from using a USDA emergency fund to keep the SNAP benefits coming.

States have sued the federal government to force the release of aid during the shutdown, with a key hearing set for Thursday.

Saturday’s looming deadline to fund the government or risk more than 40 million Americans losing their food benefits is increasing pressure on both parties to end the government shutdown. President Donald Trump returns to Washington, D.C., Thursday afternoon following a weeklong tour of Asia that saw him personally removed from the shutdown talks. And though […]

The Washington Post editorial board criticized Senate Democrats on Wednesday for holding the government "hostage" for a month to extend Obamacare subsidies.

The fiscal fight means US troops could go without pay, while millions may lose heat and food aid.

CNBC host Joe Kernen confronted Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., over the Democratic Party's role in the ongoing government shutdown, calling it "extortion."

Government shutdown threatens food benefits for 42 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans dispute emergency funding for the SNAP program before Nov. 1 deadline.

CNBC Squawk Box host Joe Kernen went to town grilling Sen. Peter Welch over his continued blocking of a GOP-championed bill to end the government shutdown.

Senate Democrats are holding a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to urge President Donald Trump to use the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency fund to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as food benefits are set to run out for more than 42 million Americans by Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown. The effort […]

CNN's Jake Tapper confronted Rep. Stansbury over the Democratic Party's stance on the government shutdown on Tuesday as millions face losing SNAP food benefits.

Democratic-led states filed suit in federal court, arguing the Trump administration’s halt to SNAP aid during the shutdown harms millions of low-income Americans.

The states argue the Trump administration should use an emergency fund for the programme, which helps about 40 million people.

A group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for failing to use emergency funds to help alleviate the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits caused by the government shutdown. Filed in a Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday, the lawsuit alleges the Trump administration illegally suspended SNAP […]

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is joining the lawsuit to stop the end of SNAP benefits this weekend. Gov. Tony Evers said President Trump, however, doesn’t have to wait on the case, that the president could simply give Wisconsin the $115 million needed to cover the state’s food stamp tab in November. “They can do it. […]