New state-level restrictions on what SNAP benefits can buy are set to begin in 2026, with some states banning items like soda ...

On the Tuesday, November 4, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans are now tied up in the government shutdown. USA TODAY's Sarah D. Wire breaks down how we got ...

The House of Representatives is set to vote on a funding package to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The shutdown has halted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

Like the millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, retailers are bracing for the effects of reduced or delayed funding to a program that typically injects ...

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits but it will pay out only half the amount people normally get. The administration will use money from an Agriculture Department ...

After a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, federal SNAP food assistance is again flowing to low-income households. But in the months ahead, many participants will have to abide by new work ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a statement from Attorney General Dana Nessel, who confirmed that some Michiganders have received full benefits. The U.S. Supreme Court granted ...

The government shutdown caused a panic among recipients, but the monthly budgeting issues go back 50 years and may get worse. By Meghan McCarron The government-shutdown crisis may be coming to an end, ...

SCOTUS temporarily allowed Trump admin to continue the pause on SNAP funding. The ongoing legal battle over the funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown ...

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is leaving an order in place that requires President Donald Trump’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a U.S. government shutdown ...