As the controversy over funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown dragged on in recent days, the top official in charge of the program pivoted to a new talking point, calling the program that some 42 million Americans rely on, "corrupt."

The White House said partial payments will be made, after Trump threatened to halt food benefits until the shutdown ends.

Food banks and hunger relief organizations are seeing an increase in the number of people lining up for food packages since SNAP benefits were halted on Nov. 1.

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

A woman in New York State who voted for President Donald Trump says she regrets her vote after the federal government shutdown disrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Betty Szretter, 63, is a caregiver for her daughter who relies on SNAP.

Taunton's Kinfolks BBQ will open on Thanksgiving for the first time ever "spreading love and kindness to those in need" amid uncertainty over SNAP.

Under most circumstances, I’d shrug and move on. But as my fourth-grade son struggles to gain weight after treatment for a rare, deadly disease, I can’t keep my mouth shut.