A lapse in funding due to the shutdown could have a devastating effect on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal food stamps program for groceries.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in Texas as the Lone Star Card program, is an essential federal support for millions of low-income residents in the stat ...

About 3.5 million Texans—including 1.7 million children—could lose access to SNAP benefits next month if the shutdown continues.

JOPLIN, Mo. — The on-going federal government shutdown could impact thousands of Missouri families who rely on SNAP benefits. Now, local food pantries — already stretched thin — say they’re fearing ...

FILE - A California's SNAP benefits shopper pushes a cart through a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File) CHARLESTON — With the federal government shutdown ...

More than half a million Missouri residents who rely on federal food assistance will be unable to access their payment next month due to the federal government shutdown. The Missouri Department of ...

CHICAGO -- Nearly 2 million people in Illinois could lose federal food benefits ahead of Thanksgiving if Congress can't agree on a budget by the end of the month. The Illinois Department of Human ...

Cumberland County finds itself on a list of seven counties flagged for missing federal deadlines in processing SNAP applications.

People who rely on government assistance to put food on the table are now learning their SNAP food stamp benefits will likely run out or be significantly reduced in two weeks if the shutdown continues ...

A Halloween display in Farmington supports the local food shelf with hundreds or even thousands of pounds of donations each year. Jon Brimacomb, known as Mr. Halloween, has been collecting food ...

Since the U.S. Treasury ceased penny production earlier this year, retailers like Kroger have begun to see the effects.

“Trump’s failure to open the federal government is now endangering people’s lives and making basic needs like food more expensive — just as the holidays arrive,” Newsom said in a statement. “It is ...