More than 800,000 people in New Jersey receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — SNAP — and more than 8% of all NJ households are food insecure, according to the U.S. Department of ...

A MAGA congressman has gone on a finger-pointing rant aimed at food stamp recipients, accusing them of “smoking crack” ahead of a lapse in benefit funding. Rep. Clay Higgins, 64, hit out at ...

Republican U.S. Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana is facing backlash online after saying that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who don't have one month of groceries ...

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A local supermarket has a plan in place if food benefits are cut this weekend. Chris Menta, co-owner of Crocetti's, said in light of the news of potential SNAP cuts, the company felt there was a need ...

With funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program running out Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown, Bay Area families who rely on the assistance to keep their families fed may ...

(NEXSTAR) – Unless something changes dramatically in the next couple days, more than 40 million Americans are preparing to have federal food assistance cut off starting Saturday. The Supplemental ...

More than 40 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to pay for groceries are bracing for a sudden halt to their benefits. Many families are facing uncertainty as ...

NEW YORK (CNN) - With the government shutdown stretching on, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says it does not have the money to pay for food stamp benefits for November. Millions of Americans rely ...

BOSTON — A federal judge indicated Thursday she is inclined to take steps to ensure that federal food assistance keeps flowing to 42 million Americans who depend on it. Trump administration officials ...