The USDA has refused to release contingency funds, and Congress remains gridlocked — but there are still paths to keeping the ...

It wasn't immediately clear how quickly the EBT cards that beneficiaries use to buy groceries could be reloaded after the ...

While funding for SNAP was ordered to continue on Friday, Oct. 31, many Californians may still need food assistance in the ...

Many people might be wondering how they can help their neighbors put food on the table with federal food aid set to be frozen ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster is "unchanged" despite President Trump's call to scrap the rule to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates here.

Gov. Maura Healey on Friday will discuss the potential suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits amid ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits are scheduled to end Nov. 1 amid the ongoing federal government ...

With SNAP benefits paused by the federal shutdown, Gov. Phil Murphy is fast-tracking $42.5M to New Jersey food banks to fight ...

If the ongoing government shutdown extends into Saturday — and there is every indication that it will — funding will lapse ...

The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...