Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped ...

CNN's Jake Tapper confronted Rep. Stansbury over the Democratic Party's stance on the government shutdown on Tuesday as ...

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke up on a private GOP conference call Tuesday and urged leadership to ...

The government shutdown has gone on for more than four weeks, with no sign the impasse will end soon. Here's what lawmakers ...

Senate Democrats appear to be taking a closer look Wednesday at a Republican plan to reopen the government, Sen. John Thune.

By Bo Erickson and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 42 million people are set to lose food aid due to the ...

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

Food benefits used by thousands of Washington households to help make ends meet might soon be a government shutdown casualty, ...

The government has been shut down for more than 27 days as of Tuesday, making it the second-longest federal closure in U.S.

South Carolina leaders are turning to a private fund typically used for disaster relief ahead of anticipated pause in SNAP ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has $5.5 billion in back-up funds for food stamp benefits but says it can’t use them.

The emergency funding for the program formerly known as food stamps would help 1.4 million Michigan residents who face losing ...