Along with ordering the federal government to use emergency reserves to backfill SNAP benefits, McConnell ruled that all previous work requirement waivers must continue to be honored. The USDA during ...

A Rhode Island federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use available contingency funds ...

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to pay ...

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using emergency ...

Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the government to tap $6 billion in contingency funds to make the SNAP payments, ...

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to use a $6B contingency fund to keep SNAP benefits flowing.

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked the Trump administration from halting food stamp payments for 42 million people nationwide. The ruling came right after a federal judge in Boston ...

A man who had a six-figure salary as a state employee and is in the National Guard was charged with wrongfully obtaining more ...