What exactly is SNAP and is it the same as food stamps? How does it work? Here's who benefits as the Nov. 1 cutoff nears.

The government shutdown could end soon and allow for SNAP funding again. But some Californians may have already received ...

There are 14 mentions of SNAP in the sprawling 900-page document amid broader proposals about how welfare and food assistance ...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has asked the Trump administration if it still intends to pursue a full stay of ...

Gov. Healey will give an update on SNAP benefits in Massachusetts as the legal battle over funding food stamps continues.

Ohioans who receive federal food assistance could see partial payments as soon as Nov. 12. People enrolled in the ...

On Nov. 3, the Trump administration in a court filing said it would make partial payments for the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

In its appeal, Trump administration argued that the court doesn't have the authority to decide on government spending.

More than 135,000 people who rely on SNAP for food assistance across the Rochester region have gone without their full ...

The last minute order pauses the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until a lower appeals court rules on the case.

In a directive to local SNAP directors (the USDA oversees SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but states ...