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. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for ...

Labor Department revisions in September showed that the economy created 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the year that ended in March. That meant that employers added an average of just ...

The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal ...

Mr. Trump announced on social media that he had signed the legislation, but the release of all the files is not guaranteed.

The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile cease-fire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Division of Employment Security says it's now processing about 20 claims a day during the federal shutdown. The amount is around what staff usually see in an ...

Right after setting her out-of-office email on October 1, one furloughed US Department of Agriculture worker filed for unemployment benefits to help her pay for food, rent and other necessities during ...