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.

Stricter federal compliance rules and mounting backlogs have exposed a critical weakness in how states process SNAP benefits. Modernizing document workflows in these outdated, paper-heavy systems ...

The letter, dated Jan. 9, was posted on the X page of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. It says the USDA will be withholding all “future awards from the USDA to the state of Minnesota.” ...

People who receive food aid payments can now see how much they should receive from reduced benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is operating with $6 billion in ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

Some 42 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images News Tracy Roof, University of Richmond The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has ...