(The Center Square) — Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is blasting the Trump administration for refusing to release surplus federal funds to support the food stamp program, with benefits for ...

The Agriculture Department on Saturday posted a new message to its website blaming Democrats for the upcoming suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, saying ...

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 ...

(CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month if the shutdown continues, according to an agency memo ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, will be funded through February should the government shutdown ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency will weed out illegal immigrants from programs her department operates, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called ...

1 in 8 Americans uses the SNAP program to buy groceries, but this week, according to *** memo put out by the Department of Agriculture, Federal food aid will not go out beginning November 1st. *** ...

President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the ...

The plaintiffs claim the USDA is violating the Food and Nutrition Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. HealthDay News — As the federal government shutdown threatens to stop funding for food aid ...

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 ...