WASHINGTON(AP) — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing ...

The government shutdown drew widespread attention to how many Americans struggle to get enough food. For 43 days, the more than 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Donald Trump has often pushed to cut spending from nearly every department but not the U.S. Department of Defense, Pentagon or the military. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ...

For 43 days in 2025, 42 million lower-income families, including children and elderly, wondered where their next meals would come from. The nation’s largest anti-hunger program, Supplemental Nutrition ...

The Trump administration is quietly pursuing a regulatory change that would strip federal nutrition assistance from an estimated 6 million low-income Americans—including nearly two million children—as ...

With nearly every Hearne ISD student eligible for free or reduced lunch, the gap left by a week without school meals can be significant.

TOPEKA — Kansans receiving food assistance can’t buy soda or candy with those dollars beginning in 2027, Gov. Laura Kelly said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a waiver for the Kansas ...