The deal to reopen the government includes new federal funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Iowa farm leaders say ...

Former Rep. Harold Cooley (D-N.C.), who opposed the amendment, nonetheless agreed that the proposed food stamp program was ...

Congress could soon resume food aid benefits that were paused at the start of November. How fast it gets out to beneficiaries ...

The Supreme Court extended an order blocking full SNAP benefits for millions of recipients. The Supreme Court block remains ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is once again at odds with other prominent Illinois Democrats over a vote that set in motion a plan to ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Tuesday that “no one really knows” who’s heading up his party in both chambers of Congress as tensions flare among Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown.

What it means: The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed their families in some states have ...

They also said that when the federal government shutdown ends and all benefits are restored, DSS plans to issue the ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's administrative stay of a lower court order that the ...

The House is slated to vote on a resolution to fund the government Wednesday morning, setting off the resumption of programs ...

Delayed food assistance benefits will be loaded onto recipients’ payment cards overnight, South Dakota officials said Tuesday ...

In late October, the USDA announced that November benefits from SNAP were not available during the government shutdown. It ...