Making people reapply would underscore the Trump administration’s opposition to the nearly $100 billion program, which ...

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.

Trump has turned to a new economic indicator in his push to convince Americans that the economy is strong: the number of ...

Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

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

SNAP, often called food stamps, helps about 42 million Americans, 2 million of them in Pennsylvania, to buy groceries.

A trip through The Nation’s archives offers essential insights into why Republicans have long tried to weaken SNAP—and why they’re trying to kill it now.

Roughly 42 million Americans rely on food stamps that arrive every month on their electronic benefit transfer cards. On Nov. 1, that aid is set to abruptly stop amid the ongoing U.S. government ...

But the administration indicated it might not be necessary, as Congress moved toward a deal to fund the government.

(CNN) — Roughly 42 million people are at risk of losing critical food assistance in November amid the federal government shutdown. And it’s not clear whether the Trump administration will step in to ...