An end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history could restore food assistance for 42 million Americans. Recent court rulings have created confusion over whether states could ...

A government shutdown has halted November SNAP benefit payments for millions of Americans. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to make full payments, but the Justice Department has ...

Millions of New Yorkers are still without their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits this month, even after the Trump administration said it would distribute partial payments — and ...