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A woman checks her balance left after purchasing food supplies with a California EBT card in Los Angeles, on Friday.

Trump administration will provide only half of usual food stamp benefits in November

Tami Luhby, Devan Cole, CNN November 4, 2025

(CNN) — The Trump administration said Monday that it will provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program’s contingency fund amid the government shutdown....

People receive groceries from the Curley's House Food Bank in Miami in late October. Millions of Americans may see their food stamp benefits for November delayed or skipped.

Will SNAP benefits be paid in November? Here’s what we know

Tami Luhby, Devan Cole, CNN November 3, 2025

(CNN) — Food stamp recipients will only get half of their typical benefits in November, and for many, that assistance will likely be delayed. The US Department of Agriculture said in a court filing...

Another nationwide day of protest is set for this weekend. Here’s what we know about ‘No Kings’ 2

Lauren Mascarenhas, Josh Campbell, and CNN October 17, 2025

(CNN) — As President Donald Trump arrived at his military parade in Washington, DC, this June to a 21-gun salute and members of the crowd singing “Happy Birthday,” about 5 million people across...

A member of the U.S. Park Service puts up a closed sign at the Washington Monument on October 1 in Washington, DC.

Trump and White House question back pay for furloughed workers amid government shutdown

Alejandra Jaramillo, Tami Luhby, CNN October 7, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump and the White House are considering not paying furloughed federal employees for time they didn’t work during the government shutdown. Such a move, suggested in a...

	A US Park Police officer and National Park Service employees close the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, during the shutdown in October 2013.

What a federal government shutdown might mean for travelers

Jeanne Bonner, Tami Luhby, Maureen O’Hare, CNN September 30, 2025

Editor's note: CNN’s John Fritze, Camila DeChalus and Annie Grayer contributed to this report. (CNN) — If US congressional lawmakers fail to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year,...

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