In the past year, the Trump administration has worked to dramatically reduce the federal workforce and—with the support of the Republican-led Congress—slash spending on the social safety net. A move ...

SNAP out of it. A federal district court ruled that the USDA was out of its checkout lane and beyond its legal authority when ...

Baltimore on Thursday joined a multi-city lawsuit against the Trump administration, as city officials said they’re concerned ...

The decision by Amy Berman Jackson, U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia, invalidates USDA’s approvals of SNAP ...

A major legal battle over food assistance benefits took a significant turn this week after a federal judge blocked the U.S.

A federal judge just threw out a waiver system championed by the Trump administration on SNAP benefits — here's why.

Largely due to overpayments, Massachusetts registered a 12.5% error rate for SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2025, which could ...

Cuts to federal food assistance programs, alongside the uncertainty many local immigrant families are feeling regarding food ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the $1.3 billion fight against a potentially deadly livestock pest includes federal funds reallocated from a local food buying program. “There is more ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has opted not to seek about $84 million in federal food assistance to provide summer food aid to about 700,000 needy children statewide. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

The Jamie L. Whitten, Federal Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. (USDA photo) The Department of Agriculture is a “bloated Washington, D.C., bureaucracy,” the Trump ...