New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the government shutdown.

The U.S. House has not met for legislative business in more than six weeks, while U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., closed his chamber for the weekend after bipartisan talks failed to achieve significant progress.

The pain of the shutdown is being felt by millions of other Americans as the federal government enters Day 32 of a funding squabble.

After SNAP funding stalled on Nov. 1, Second Harvest of the Big Bend organized an emergency distribution, serving more than 1,500 families in a single day.

White House Budget Director Russell Vought has said that more than 10,000 federal workers could lose their jobs because of the shutdown. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her department lacks the $9.2 billion to pay for SNAP benefits in November ...

Government shutdown threatens to cut SNAP food benefits for over 40 million Americans starting November 1st. Working families and seniors face potential hunger crisis.

In a news release about $4 million going to the Utah Food Bank, the state's top elected leaders blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown, even as Republican control all branches of government.

Many shoppers are trying to stretch out their final dollars as they face the reality of what they’ll have to shell out without government assistance.

Despite a judge's ruling ordering the administration to fund SNAP benefits, President Donald Trump said that November's payments were likely to be delayed.