The Agriculture Department said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, contradicting earlier guidance that the money was available.

The plan to fund SNAP amid the federal government shutdown faces an uncertain path in a politically divided Michigan Legislature.

Will food assistance (known as SNAP) be withheld on November 1 because of the government shutdown? Is that legal? Here's what we know.

New York is shelling out $30 million in emergency food assistance, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week, with federal SNAP benefits set to dry up Saturday amid the historic government shutdown. It would be the first time in U.

The federal government shutdown is nearing the one-month mark, causing widespread effects for millions of Americans

With the government shutdown threatening SNAP in November, Austin-area food banks, pantries and drive-thru sites are helping families keep groceries on the table.

However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) warned that it no longer has the funding to deliver November food benefits. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell co-led a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors in suing the Trump administration over the funding lapse, saying the funds do exist in a contingency fund.

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