Erika D. Smith is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. She is a former Los Angeles Times columnist and Sacramento Bee editorial board member. During this fall’s government shutdown, ...

A new cost-sharing law could put SNAP benefits at risk for tens of millions of Americans. States will have to fund a portion of SNAP benefits based on their payment ...

The Trump administration’s new requirements for the nation’s largest food aid program went into effect Monday, with the aim of reforming the costly system. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful ...

Food stamp recipients are now receiving their November benefits, but a growing swath of enrollees may soon lose their vital food assistance completely. At the same time as the government shutdown ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is facing big changes even after normal funding has resumed with the end of the government shutdown, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said ...

WASHINGTON — Fresh off a 43-day government shutdown that temporarily disrupted SNAP payments, the Trump administration said it plans to require all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients ...

After weeks of uncertainty, millions of Americans will soon start receiving federal nutrition assistance benefits again, after President Trump on Wednesday night signed a bill passed by Congress to ...

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The federal government is reopening, but there’s still uncertainty about when one of the most far-reaching impacts of the closure will be resolved and all 42 million Americans who receive SNAP food ...

Sofi is an AI policy researcher at Virginia Tech. As the government shutdown ends, SNAP’s status remains complicated. Even if and when things return to “normal,” many people who are entitled to ...

The ripple effect: U.S. grocers and convenience store operators say their sales fell immediately after the federal government halted SNAP food assistance benefits on Nov. 1. (AP Video: Jessie ...

Over 65,000 Vermonters experienced a delay in receiving their November SNAP benefits. The state used $6 million in contingency money to cover two weeks of benefits, which may not be reimbursed. Food ...