USDA Blames Senate Democrats For SNAP Funding Crisis
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After USDA announced there will be no federal food aid issued on Nov. 1, millions of Americans are expected to feel the strain, but one Columbus church is stepping up to help. For more than 20 years,
A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the suspension of SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown, alleging the move is illegal.
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
A coalition of states filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from suspending food aid benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.
A now-deleted contingency plan showed the U.S. Department of Agriculture once expected to keep food assistance funded during a government shutdown.
Nearly 42 million people are set to lose food aid due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress continue to blame each other for a weeks-long legislative stalemate.
Newsom cites biblical teachings to slam federal leaders, Trump admin over government shutdown's impact on food assistance, as California sues USDA over suspended SNAP benefits.
NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson is taking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to court, accusing the agency of illegally withholding more than $230 million in monthly food assistance for 1.4 million North Carolinians.