With benefits expected to run out Saturday because of the government shutdown, Democratic leaders of 25 states allege the USDA is required to keep providing funds.

SNAP has about $6 billion in the contingency fund — short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of the program, putting November benefits in jeopardy.

House Speaker Matt Hall called the Senate plan "fake" and "political" while touting his work with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to provide $4.5 million to food banks in the state.

Here's what local food banks, pantries, meal services and community members are doing around Salem to help people losing SNAP assistance in November.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the food aid program will be suspended for November following the government shutdown. North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, though, says he’s doing what he can to stop it. That’s why North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson says he was in Wilmington at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard.

SNAP benefits won't go out Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. How many people in Mississippi get help? How much? What you need to know

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.

A group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for failing to use emergency funds to help alleviate the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits caused by the government shutdown.