As the controversy over funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown dragged on in recent days, the top official in charge of the program pivoted to a new talking point, calling the program that some 42 million Americans rely on "corrupt."

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced Monday that it is taking the necessary steps to distribute partial SNAP benefits this week.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sounded the alarm Saturday about widespread fraud and corruption within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), popularly known as food stamps, during her appearance on "Fox & Friends Weekend.

The judge scolded Trump officials for failing to comply with his order to fund the SNAP program through November and gave them just 24 hours to do so.

SNAP recipients in Hawaiʻi will get their Hawaiʻi Emergency Food Assistance Program money on Nov. 10 in the midst of a SNAP payment legal squabble. Due to the government shutdown, the Trump administration said that the government would not pay out any amount of SNAP benefits to those reliant on the program

Gov. Ned Lamont says he has authorized the state to pay out the entire monthly cost of the federal food assistance program using state funds.

Gyurkovic also receives about $295 in monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which he supplements with trips to the food pantry. He’s supposed to receive his benefits Nov. 20, but this month he doesn’t know if he’ll receive them.

The SNAP program is facing uncertainty, and with millions of Americans relying on the program, many local businesses are collecting donations to help ensure no

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s special session proclamation would need to include language allowing the Legislature to take such action.

Oklahoma food pantries, including Meals on Wheels, are experiencing increased demand due to the federal shutdown's impact on SNAP benefits.

The latest court opinion will further delay funds to a program Democrats have demanded receive funding from another source as the government shutdown continues.