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Virginia Pauses VENA After USDA Orders 65% SNAP Payout This Week

The change is designed to leave most households with about 90% of a typical November benefit.

Tyler Perry Donates Nearly $1.4 Million to Support Families Hit by SNAP Disruption

Second Harvest Launches Holiday Drive Targeting 5.5 Million Meals as SNAP Delays Spur Demand

Florida Lawmaker Files Bill to Fast-Track Small Grocers in Food Deserts

San Diego Foundations Deliver $3 Million in Emergency Grants to Food Banks

New Mexico Calls One-Day Special Session to Extend SNAP Food Aid on Nov. 10

Solar Geoengineering Won’t Reliably Save Coffee, Chocolate or Wine, Study Finds

States Begin Work to Issue Court-Ordered Partial SNAP Payments as Shutdown Drags On

USDA to Issue Half-Size November SNAP Payments After Court Orders During Shutdown

Hartford Archdiocese Deploys $500,000 in Emergency Aid to Food Banks During SNAP Lapse

Study Identifies 36% Rainfall-Origin Threshold for Farm Drought Risk

Instacart, DoorDash and Gopuff Roll Out Short-Term Relief for SNAP Shoppers During Payment Pause

Courts Order SNAP Lifeline as South Florida Braces for Gaps in Benefits

Oklahoma Sets Nov. 3 Vote to Send $1 Million Weekly to Food Banks During SNAP Freeze

Michigan Expands Double Up Food Bucks as Senate Backs $71 Million SNAP Relief

Walmart, Fact-Checkers Refute Viral Claim of Nov. 1 Store Closures

Republican Backlash Intensifies Over Trump’s Plan to Quadruple Argentine Beef Imports

H-E-B Pledges $6 Million to Texas Hunger Relief as SNAP Cutoff Looms

USDA Bars Use of Contingency Funds for November SNAP as Shutdown Imperils 42 Million

Shutdown Threatens November SNAP as USDA Orders States to Hold Issuance