The Trump administration has taken the first steps to bring the Food for Peace assistance program under the Agriculture Department’s purview, say four people familiar with the situation. An ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

For decades, the Food for Peace program has represented the best of American leadership—providing life-saving assistance abroad while supporting U.S. farmers at home. Today, there’s a clear ...

As the partial government shutdown extends into day two with no end in sight, more federally funded agencies are turning to contingency plans to keep lights on and doors open for the millions of ...

The Agriculture Department will use $4.65 billion in emergency funds to partially restart food aid programs halted by the government shutdown. Millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. WASHINGTON – A fight with the Trump administration over the future of the state’s food stamp program remains in court, ...

A continued federal government shutdown threatens to halt SNAP and WIC food assistance benefits for millions of Americans starting November 1. The USDA has stated that reserve funds will not be used ...

IDAHO (KIFI) — Idaho food banks lost out on 370,000 pounds of food shipments from May through September due to massive cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), according to USDA records ...