A top official at the Department of Agriculture said food aid beneficiaries will receive up to 65% of their benefits, more than the initial 50% in partial payments.

America has a lifeline against hunger: ultra-processed foods. Millions of the poorest Americans are stuck in food-stamp limbo. They still do not know when their benefits will arrive—or if they will at all.

Is SNAP the same as food stamps? Having access to these benefits will be affected by a government shutdown. Details to follow.

The USDA said it would provide partial food stamp benefits for November, but it's unclear exactly when participants will get those funds.

The state is making another infusion of emergency food aid as 3 million New Yorkers face the looming expiration of nutrition assistance for the first time since the federal program began. The state is allocating $65 million to the state’s nutrition and farm-to-foodbank programs under a new emergency declaration,