The annual sign-up period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance also begins Saturday, and there are sharp increases in ...

On the day that federal food assistance was set to expire amid the government shutdown, demand was high at pantries in ...

The delay in SNAP payments, a major piece of the nation’s social safety net that serves about 42 million people, has ...

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to use a $6B contingency fund to keep SNAP benefits flowing.

Judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Friday afternoon that the Trump administration must fund SNAP during the ...

Judge Talwani gave the Trump administration until Nov. 3 to decide if it will pay full or partial benefits. Another judge said SNAP is an entitlement.

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using ...

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP contingency money "as soon as possible." ...

The action comes two days after states sued the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits. Funds were set to stop flowing ...

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to ...