A range of factors can influence the number of people receiving food stamp benefits in the short-term outside of improvements in the economy.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said SNAP recipients may need to reapply for their benefits, a statement that left ...

If all Indiana SNAP recipients have to reapply for benefits, workers will have to process roughly 586,000 applications and ...

The USDA head said SNAP recipients must re-apply for benefits to combat "fraud." Here's how to do it in Illinois.

WASHINGTON — Fresh off a 43-day government shutdown that temporarily disrupted SNAP payments, the Trump administration said ...

The nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the nation's largest nutrition assistance program may have to reapply entirely as ...

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is issuing full food stamp benefits for November following the end of the federal government shutdown. The agency had previously begun issuing partial ...

On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.

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For the poorest Americans, the end of the longest shutdown in history has left doubt and anxiety around the benefits known as ...

The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a ...

In a postcard dated Oct. 27, 2025, I wrote the following to President Donald Trump: Since SNAP, or once called food stamps, is gone the first week of November for about 40 million folks with children, ...