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. In the past few days, the government shutdown has thrown ...

SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, provides cash cards known as Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) to approximately 12% of Americans for a limited time to help purchase basic food items. Households ...

Some of the 41.7 million Americans who rely on the paused Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could receive payments as soon as 24 hours after the longest government shutdown in history ...

The longest government shutdown in history has come to an end. One major pressure point in the 43-day congressional stalemate was the exhaustion of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

A government shutdown, now in its 35th day, is on track to become the longest in U.S. history. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been halted for the first time in ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. The government shutdown has forced to the surface growing tensions between President Trump’s ...