The impacts on basic needs – food and medical care – underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across the United States.

According to the City of Albert Lea, more than 3,400 people living in Freeborn County rely on hunger assistance programs such as SNAP, which is more than one out of 10 local residents.

Readers discuss the government shutdown and its effects in letters published Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, 2025, focusing on SNAP and the president's role.

Friends In Deed makes sure anyone who comes to their food pantry gets help. Will a surge in demand change that?

Michiganders wait to learn whether the federal government will fund food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown.

Plans by the Trump administration to freeze payments to SNAP on Saturday were halted by federal judges, but the delay in payouts will still likely leave millions of people short on their grocery ...

The H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youth pop-up food pantry, "Little Free Pantries" and Fort Wadsworth Food Pantry among those stocking up.

President Donald Trump says his administration is asking the court to clarify "how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible." ...

Two federal judges on Friday said the Trump administration must tap into contingency funds to make payments for the ...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-NJ) campaign is collecting food donations at her Saturday rally featuring former President Barack ...

Obama once called shutdowns 'total irresponsibility,' now Democrats face same criticism in month-long government closure over ...

Anjali Vaya, executive director of United Against Poverty, said her organization is going into "emergency mode" due to the government shutdown and SNAP benefits being halted. United Against Poverty ...