New federal rules are tightening who can keep food assistance, but the law still leaves room for people to protect their benefits if they understand the fine print. I want to walk through how the ...

When it comes to feeding your family, you want to be able to do so affordably and efficiently, especially with food costs skyrocketing. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or often ...

Eighteen states will restrict what SNAP users can buy with their benefits in 2026, including soda, candy, and energy drinks.

Federal judges ruled the Trump administration cannot suspend food aid for millions of Americans during the government shutdown. Despite the ruling, community groups and businesses are mobilizing to ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. Venezuelans wonder ...

Trump administration lawyers are inquiring how the Department of Agriculture can legally tap into contingency funds to keep food stamps rolling during the government shutdown. Federal judge Jack ...

When he was growing up in Kansas City, his parents sometimes struggled to put food on the table. Today, his Brooklyn tech company makes a free app for people on the federal government's anti-hunger ...

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 ...

As the critical safety net for millions of Americans hits a breaking point amid the government shutdown, Geoff Bennett discusses the effects of SNAP reductions with Elizabeth Keever, the chief ...

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds ...