On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills or a stopgap funding resolution. That shutdown lasted 43 days, the longest in U.S.
Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...
Armstrong Williams did a great service to all in helping us understand the problems with the SNAP program (“The uncomfortable truth about SNAP,” Nov. 4). As stated, the program was never meant to be ...
SNAP benefits are restored, and the program is funded through next year. But the Trump administration is now looking to “completely deconstruct the program,” its top USDA official said. Agriculture ...
ADMINISTRATION. YEAH. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BROOKE ROLLINS SAYS ALL SNAP RECIPIENTS WILL HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR THEIR BENEFITS. A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE USDA TELLS ME THAT THIS IS TO GET RID OF, QUOTE, ...
The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...