Judge Talwani gave the Trump administration until Nov. 3 to decide if it will pay full or partial benefits. Another judge said SNAP is an entitlement.

The 47th president said his administration's lawyers don’t think they have the legal authority to pay SNAP benefits during the ongoing government shutdown.

Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is set to run out on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government ...

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown. Friday's decisions came just before ...

The action comes two days after states sued the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits. Funds were set to stop flowing ...

The rulings came a day before the Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to SNAP because it said it could no ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 ...