The impacts on basic needs — food and medical care — underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across the United States.

Though two federal judges ruled Trump must at least partially fund food benefits during the shutdown, some leaders are stepping in to fill any potential gap. Gov. Kay Ivey is not yet among them.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to clarify what the recent federal judges' ruling means for SNAP benefits.Two federal judges r ...

After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his ...