SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

Forty-two million low-income Americans are expected to lose access to food assistance on Nov. 1, making it the most significant and dire casualty of a governmentwide closure that has stretched into its fifth week.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has resisted calls for smaller, separate spending bills after Schumer and his party voted 13 times to deny all federal funding and keep the government shut

Starting in November, millions of Americans could lose access to SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps.

The Elicker administration sued the Trump administration again on Thursday, this time to try to stop the federal government from suspending the nation's largest food assistance program amid the ongoing shutdown.

In an unprecedented situation, tens of millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program starting on Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.

A federal judge in Boston is considering a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program despite the government shutdown