Earlier this week, the ongoing government shutdown obtained a dubious honor — at 39 days and counting, it has become the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. The shutdown began Oct. 1 ...

Editor’s note: This article was fist published by The Conversation, a content partner of The Associated Press. See it online at theconversation.com. The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread ...

Backed by the Trump administration, more than a dozen states are moving to ban candy and snack foods from SNAP food assistance programs in 2026.

The government shutdown is over, for now. But the administration’s fight against food assistance might just be beginning. Ever since the Trump administration stopped sending Supplemental Nutrition ...

If you grew up in the 90s, the original Food Guide Pyramid was basically burned into your retinas: a wide base of bread, ...

With Indiana set to block food assistance purchases of soda and candy, Gov. Mike Braun’s Smart SNAP initiative revives a fundamental question: What are government food programs really meant to do?

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...

Senate Democrats voted against a House of Representatives-passed continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through Nov. 21 for the 15th time on Friday, stretching the shutdown to a ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Foundation announced Tuesday it is distributing more than $2.5 million in grants to community-led food programs, providing critical relief to local nonprofits struggling with ...