During a government shutdown, only programs deemed essential for protecting life and property are kept operational.

Social Security is considered mandatory, and funding for those programs is generally unaffected by a shutdown. Medicare ...

Those disruptions contributed to “negative impacts to SNAP participants, including exacerbating food insecurity, burdening ...

During a shutdown, recreational facilities funded by the federal government would be forced to close, leaving travelers and ...

The first government shutdown in six and a half years could happen soon. Here's which programs lose funding in Tennessee.

The Pell Grant – a need-based higher education grant from the U.S. Department of Education that, unlike a loan, does not need to be repaid – lies at the heart of the federal financial aid ...

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, ...

The federal government’s withholding of that Congressionally appropriated funding is “illegal” and being challenged in courts ...

“A prolonged government shutdown would bring uncertainty for over 5 million California families receiving CalFresh benefits.

A Cato scholar called the Department of Health and Human Service’s redesigned welfare pilot that intends to reduce government ...