SNAP Payments Will Be Suspended During Shutdown. That’s Bad News for the Economy. Millions of Americans are set to lose access to federal food assistance as the government shutdown enters a fourth week. The funding lapse is likely to hurt grocery stores, transportation companies, local economies, and the broader U.S. economy.

"It's time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship. Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay — today," American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement.

Funding for food stamps has moved to the center of the shutdown fight as strains deepen across the country. More than 40 million low-income food stamp beneficiaries are expected to receive less

By Saturday morning, the federal budget impasse won’t just be about politics. It will begin to land in grocery store checkout lines, in pay stubs for federal workers, and in inboxes from health insurance companies.

As the government shutdown halts SNAP benefits, Florida families like Brittany Bucknor's are bracing for hardship and uncertainty over how to keep food on the table.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn signed onto bill to pay for food assistance for 42 million Americans until Congress can reach a deal to open the government.

States across the U.S. are stepping up to help SNAP recipients as the federal government confirms that benefits will not be paid in November until the government shutdown ends. Wh

The community just outside New York City is gearing up for a possible food crisis if SNAP is frozen​ due to the federal government shutdown.