The government shutdown has some people rethinking what to hand out on Halloween. Some householders are preparing to give trick-or-treaters shelf-stable family foods like ramen, canned soup or cheese ...

Majority Republicans have strongly resisted calls to eliminate the legislative filibuster, since it would dilute their power if and when they are in the minority again.

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964 ...