The 2025 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 ...

Earlier this week, the ongoing government shutdown obtained a dubious honor — at 39 days and counting, it has become the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. The shutdown began Oct. 1 ...

Backed by the Trump administration, more than a dozen states are moving to ban candy and snack foods from SNAP food assistance programs in 2026.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest government shutdown in history has come to an end, with almost no one happy with the final result. Democrats didn't get the health insurance provisions they demanded ...

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...

If you grew up in the 90s, the original Food Guide Pyramid was basically burned into your retinas: a wide base of bread, ...

Advocates say striking a single word from the statutory language in the Fund to Address Food Security and Provide Nutrition ...

The prolonged government shutdown is having widespread repercussions on several federal programs, notably impacting the unemployment insurance system. According to Axios, approximately 1.6 million ...

Emergency funding legislation for the federal government approved by the Senate includes provisions that will hamper food safety efforts already in motion — industry lobbyists have been working to ...

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Editor’s note: This article was fist published by The Conversation, a content partner of The Associated Press. See it online at theconversation.com. The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread ...