The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ...

The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to “immediately ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday that the food stamp program will run out of funds in two weeks because of the partial government shutdown, potentially leaving nearly 42 million ...

The Department of Agriculture's unprecedented demand that states and payment processors turn over sensitive data about people who receive federal food assistance is on hold — for now. A USDA official ...

The Agriculture Department on Friday said it will fully fund November food stamp benefits in compliance with a federal court ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday told states in a memo that full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits would be provided in November after a federal ...

The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is telling states to begin turning over sensitive data on applicants to the food assistance program previously known as food stamps. The agency has recently expanded ...

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food stamp recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states are ...