On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills or a stopgap funding resolution. That shutdown lasted 43 days, the longest in U.S.

H.R. 1, the reconciliation bill passed in July 2025, enacted a provision that takes away Medicaid from certain adults who can ...

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 ...

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

“State food bank officials say ‘misinformation’ related to a federal restructuring of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has discouraged thousands of food-insecure people in Lancaster ...