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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The prolonged U.S. government shutdown is putting millions of Americans at risk of missing their November food stamp benefits, a vital lifeline for low-income households. The U.S. Department of ...

Boxes of Cheerios at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in Providence wait to be sent off to organization's network of 137 affiliate food pantries in the Ocean State. (Photo by Alexander ...

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 ...

The plaintiffs claim the USDA is violating the Food and Nutrition Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. HealthDay News — As the federal government shutdown threatens to stop funding for food aid ...