Facing a deadline to recertify SNAP recipients in four counties or lose funding, the state hopes to beat the USDA in court.

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 ...

The cutoff of federal money is confounding to state and local officials, but it will likely impact the food stamp program in ...

The Agriculture Department plans to freeze federal funding for 21 states starting next week as it escalates its crackdown on possible fraud in the food stamp program, Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...

WASHINGTON — About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration’s proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for ...

Here’s what you need to know about the federal SNAP program, which provides food assistance to nearly one in eight Americans. It could go dark on Saturday. (Author’s note: Updated to reflect recent ...

Boxes of Cheerios at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in Providence wait to be sent off to organization's network of 137 affiliate food pantries in the Ocean State. (Photo by Alexander ...

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...