The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in November, as the ...

Nearly 3 million New Yorkers are poised to lose their food stamp benefits after the USDA said it wouldn’t use any of its $6 billion contingency fund to cover benefits in November.

Kentucky is bracing for more pain as the government shutdown stretches toward the one-month mark. Here's where things stand.

A man is facing charges after police say he broke a car windshield and injured a woman with a flagpole during a "No Kings" ...