On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills or a stopgap funding resolution. That shutdown lasted 43 days, the longest in U.S.
The Trump administration has announced a planned overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which will require all of its nearly 42 million recipients to reapply for their ...
The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...