On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills or a stopgap funding resolution. That shutdown lasted 43 days, the longest in U.S.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a significant change in the administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). All beneficiaries will soon be ...

Sofi is an AI policy researcher at Virginia Tech. As the government shutdown ends, SNAP’s status remains complicated. Even if and when things return to “normal,” many people who are entitled to ...

After government shutdown-related delays in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) disbursements early this November left thousands of the community’s most vulnerable people struggling to ...