Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

WASHINGTON — About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration’s proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program. The Agriculture ...

The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to “immediately undo” any issuance of the full allotments, after a Supreme Court justice on ...

By Daniel Wiessner Jan 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from ...

The Agriculture Department plans to freeze federal funding for 21 states starting next week as it escalates its crackdown on possible fraud in the food stamp program, Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...

Here’s what you need to know about the federal SNAP program, which provides food assistance to nearly one in eight Americans. It could go dark on Saturday. (Author’s note: Updated to reflect recent ...

Facing a deadline to recertify SNAP recipients in four counties or lose funding, the state hopes to beat the USDA in court.

President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the ...

Approximately 3.4 million Texans are eligible for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a government program providing assistance to low-income households in need of ...