More than 40 million Americans are waiting for a ruling in an eleventh-hour lawsuit before SNAP funding freezes on Saturday. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates.

An average of 41.7 million people, or 12.3 % of the U.S. population, received SNAP benefits each month in Fiscal Year 2024, according to the USDA. October 2025 reports indicate that about 42 million Americans participate in SNAP monthly.

What exactly is SNAP, and is it the same as food stamps? How does it work? Here's what to know as Nov. 1 cutoff nears.

The megabill further shuttered the SNAP-Ed, a federally funded grant program that "helps people make their SNAP dollars stretch, teaches them how to cook healthy meals, and lead physically active lifestyles," according to the program's website. Funding for SNAP-Ed ended Oct. 1.

Democrats are working to balance their health care demands and find solutions for SNAP, with Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Wednesday introducing legislation that would direct the USDA to release available contingency funds to ensure benefits under SNAP and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program continue during the shutdown.

Director of Philanthropy at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Dan Samuels, joins WESH 2 to share the direct impacts the nonprofit and the 514,000 Central Floridians who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may experience.

SNAP funds running out during the shutdown is the big news, but other food assistance programs are also running dry.

Lawrence residents tell GBH News they don’t know how they’re going to make ends meet, food pantry operators are bracing for a surge in demand and local businesses are expecting to take a hit as customers have less to spend on groceries.

As the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) faces a November 1 cutoff amid the ongoing government shutdown, leaders in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are stepping up to help low-income families who rely on the aid to put food on the table.

With just a few days to go before SNAP benefits expire, here's how Rhode Islanders can check their EBT balances and find food pantries near them.