The U.S. Treasury and Education Departments team up to improve federal student aid programs, tackling $1.7 trillion in loans.

Lawsuit alleges the new conditions for agricultural programs include restrictions related to "gender ideology," immigration, ...

A new legislative proposal aims to shift $75 billion from ICE to SNAP, addressing food insecurity for millions. The 'Feeding ...

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In order to qualify for the $1 billion in federal assistance, specialty crop growers should have filed reports last week.

The new White House task force will withhold government funding for state and local benefits programs if their anti-fraud ...

Joining a group of 20 other states, the lawsuit claims the USDA has attempted to tie "unconstitutional and unlawful ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The government shutdown may not only affect food assistance programs but also other federally funded programs. Right now, there’s growing concern that the government shutdown ...

Thousands of low-income people living with HIV could be losing drug coverage as states impose limitations on HIV assistance ...

Congress and the administration must prioritize rooting out federal waste by leveraging federal data to prevent benefit fraud ...