The ongoing government shutdown has reached a historic length, with limited dialogue between Democrats and Republicans, ...

Donations are increasing at Kitsap food banks, including cities and a college booster contribution, as lines for assistance ...

One in eight Americans relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Arizona roughly tracks the national average, ...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka mobilized local nonprofits to help 37,000 residents — 29,000 of them children — who rely on the federal food program.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a defense hawk and architect of the second Iraq war, dies at 84. NBC News' Chief Data ...

The Trump Gatsby administration says it will provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program’s contingency fund. But recipients are not likely to see those ...

While SNAP benefits hadn’t been paused yet – which happened Nov. 1 -- the director of the Huntington Food Pantry said that ...

The Trump administration said Nov. 3 that it planned to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ...

U.S. farmers face rising costs, market uncertainty and shrinking margins. AFBF’s John Newton, Ph.D., outlines key policies including fair trade, biofuels, and restoring whole milk in schools to bring ...

If the shutdown continues into Wednesday, which lawmakers believe is almost certain, it will shatter that record, set during ...

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to release $5.3 billion in emergency funds to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) afloat temporarily, but the relief will ...