The Trump administration clarified that the disbursement of grants and loans for Social Security and Medicaid may continue. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Trump's administration instructed ...

The Lifeline Assistance Program is a U.S. federal program designed to ensure that low-income consumers have access to basic telecommunications services. Established by the Federal Communications ...

Governor Ned Lamont, Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Jeffrey Beckham and Connecticut Department of Social Services Commissioner ...

The U.S. government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which mainly helps ...

The United States government shut down at midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1, leaving more than 2.1 million federal workers furloughed or working without pay. A 54-44 Senate vote failed to pass on Friday, ...

Millions of Americans who rely on federal food assistance will soon face significant new limitations on their purchasing ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans, just hours before it was set to take effect, as a slew of advocacy groups, ...

President Donald Trump paused trillions of dollars of funding in a stunning move to bring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government to a screeching halt. In an ...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is among state officials that refused to enrol in a new food assistance program this summer (AFP via Getty Images) Republican governors in more than a dozen states are ...

A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators ...