While the secretary did not elaborate on what, exactly, about SNAP increased by 40%, her claim doesn't make sense no matter how you look at the data.

The food assistance has been delayed nearly a week due to the government shutdown and an ongoing legal battle with the Trump administration.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced it will likely start sending full November SNAP benefits next week after they received guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service to do so.

The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule prevents retailers from treating food stamp customers differently, but using it in this way appears to be unprecedented.

By the afternoon of Friday Nov. 6, the United States Department of Agriculture said in a memo to state and regional SNAP administrators that it is working to comply with a judge's order to pay full food aid benefits to nearly 42 million Americans, including 1.4 million Michiganders, with in the day

A new memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the federal government is working to release full November SNAP benefits as soon as today, even as the Trump administration continues to argue in court that it doesn’t have the funding to do so.

Gov. Janet Mills has directed Maine DHHS to issue full SNAP benefits after the USDA indicated it intends to make full funding available in compliance with a federal court order.

SNAP benefits will be available in next few days with CT funds, possibly by Saturday, but the USDA also plans to restart payments soon.