The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid ...
This is a political decision that withholds food as leverage in a budget fight. When the federal government refuses to use available resources to prevent hunger, that is not austerity; it is ...
But by keeping the House on indefinite hiatus — as well as sidelining its oversight authority and more or less ceding its ...
The ongoing budget deadlock in the United States is threatening food security of around 42 million Americans who receive food ...
On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great Irish famine that left more than 1 ...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) lambasts what he calls Republican "cruelty" as SNAP benefits are set to expire Saturday as a result ...
Attorney General Dan Rayfield sues the Trump administration for suspending SNAP benefits during a government shutdown.
The Trump Administration has said it will not use reserve funds to continue providing SNAP amid the federal shutdown. More ...
More than two dozen states sued over the administration's refusal to fund food stamps during the shutdown, seeking to spare ...
A recent report found that for every $1 reduction in SNAP benefits, the loss to the economy ranges from $1.50 to $20. The ...
Cities are creating emergency nutrition funds, reopening COVID-era aid programs and pleading with federal officials as the ...
The potential halt of SNAP benefits could trigger a hunger crisis, overwhelming food charities and straining families, ...