The prolonged U.S. government shutdown is putting millions of Americans at risk of missing their November food stamp benefits, a vital lifeline for low-income households. The U.S. Department of ...

In an unprecedented situation, millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown. The US Department of Agriculture ...

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 ...

Last July, 73-year-old Lance Johnson moved into Salt Lake City retirement community Friendship Manor after spending 30 years living on the streets. He started receiving food stamps in January, after a ...

Food stamps were first issued in 1939 as an assistance program to prevent starvation during the Great Depression. But 86 years later, thousands of liquor stores and smoke shops have become approved ...

Shantaneque Waller unloaded her groceries onto the belt at the Syracuse Price Chopper, then tried to use her debit card to pay. It was declined, which made no sense to Waller. The balance was $699 the ...