About 42 million low-income people receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps. An Oct. 10 letter from the U.S. Agriculture Department to ...

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 ...

When it comes to changes for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps) payments in 2026, there have ...

The Trump administration has agreed to tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to pay partial food stamp benefits in November amid the government shutdown. But enrollees will only get half ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are due to run out on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, as the government shutdown continues, and with no Senate votes planned today, Oct. 29 and no ...

WASHINGTON — Monthly food stamps to more than 1.2 million low-income veterans will end Saturday, as funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, is scheduled to run out ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The GOP’s refusal to fund food stamps during the shutdown shows how little the party cares about the economically ...

SCHEDULED. AND RIGHT NOW, TIME IS TICKING FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM, SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES WILL FEEL IMMEDIATELY RIGHT HERE. SNAP, ALSO KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS, COULD BE SLASHED, IMPACTING HUNDREDS ...

A trip through The Nation’s archives offers essential insights into why Republicans have long tried to weaken SNAP—and why they’re trying to kill it now. A grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, ...