On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills or a stopgap funding resolution. That shutdown lasted 43 days, the longest in U.S.

Millions of low-income people will have to reapply for food stamps as part of a plan to weed out “fraud” among SNAP users. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday that she plans ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as food stamps — is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is the largest federal nutrition ...