Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

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 ...

Ruling in favor of a group of cities and community organizations that sued over the cuts, McConnell said that the USDA must fund SNAP using money in a contingency fund. But, he added that if the ...

Meanwhile, a federal judge has laid out a path for the administration to fund SNAP benefits, which ran out on Saturday, ...