The USDA could also tap into contingency funds to keep SNAP operating, but it would cost about $8 billion to keep everyone’s benefits running in November. The size of the agency’s contingency fund is ...

The COLA announcement matters to about 68 million Social Security beneficiaries, especially the estimated 39% of retirees who ...

The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps, is a federal program that provides food ...

The Social Security Administration will continue distributing disability and SSI payments, but some services are unavailable ...

One Central Coast mother who blames pesticides for her son’s autism now helps pregnant farmworkers stay healthy by avoiding ...

The federal shutdown won't impact benefits from major programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. But one of the first things that could get hit is the nutrition assistance that many ...

For the first time in roughly six years, the U.S. government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1. After the U.S. Senate was unable to pass Democratic funding legislation and a GOP measure by ...

The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 for the first time in six years after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach an agreement on the federal spending plan to avoid triggering a ...

The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to agree on a spending plan. During a shutdown, non-essential government services close and hundreds of thousands of federal workers ...

Retirement, survivor and disability payments will continue, but some services may be temporarily unavailable. By Tara Siegel Bernard The failure to reach a budget agreement will shut down much of the ...

Congress and President Donald Trump have little time and even fewer options to reach a funding deal to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown, which would disrupt U.S. government services and ...