The government shutdown is now on Day 28 as the Senate prepares to hold a 13th procedural vote on a bill to end the impasse.

Mayor Brandon Scott is expected to announce more than $4.65 million in assistance for City residents affected by the ongoing ...

The Agriculture Department said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, contradicting earlier guidance that ...

The building strain on lawmakers to end the impasse was magnified by the nation’s largest federal employee union, which ...

SNAP benefits could be affected on Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. Here's how a lack of SNAP benefits would ...

Head Start programs are shutting down across North Carolina as a result of the government shutdown. The result is that 258 ...

The federal government shutdown continues as states scramble to fund food assistance programs for millions of Americans.

Lawmakers are floating bipartisan commissions, weekend work, and "rifle shot" bills to get the Senate moving again and lessen ...

Gov. Janet Mills was asked about using Maine's "rainy day" fund to pay for SNAP benefits when federal funding runs out.

Ten GOP senators have signed on to back Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown threatens a program lapse in ...

A new bill would see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits paid retroactively as payments remain in jeopardy due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman announced that federal employees with existing state tax payment plans can defer their ...