Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by 2.5 million people (6 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and December of ...
USA Today

When will SNAP benefits resume? What we know as shutdown nears end

Some of the 41.7 million Americans who rely on the paused Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could receive payments as soon as 24 hours after the longest government shutdown in history ...
Washington Examiner

Conservatives embark on food stamp reform sought for 15 years

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...
The Boston Globe

Policy changes to SNAP could limit access to food benefits for many Americans

WASHINGTON — Growing up with a single mother who had a disability, Angela Burke has vivid childhood memories of how much food stamps made a difference at their dining room table. “When you got those ...
New York Post

Hunger games: The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies

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 ...
The New York Times

180,000 New Yorkers May Lose Food Stamps Under Trump’s Changes

Social workers are scrambling to alert recipients and help them find jobs before their aid is eliminated under President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy law. Social workers are scrambling to alert ...