Though SNAP and WIC benefits are both currently available, funding for these programs is only guaranteed through October.

The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump signed legislation sharply reducing food aid to the poor.

The U.S. Department of Energy has taken a 5% stake in Lithium Americas and a separate 5% stake in the company's Thacker Pass joint venture with General Motors that is set to be the largest lithium source in the Western Hemisphere.

Americans are becoming more critical of Israel's military operation in Gaza and Middle East nation's government, according to a Pew Research Foundation Survey.

A recent poll shows that while Americans prefer for lawmakers to compromise to accomplish tasks in government, others admit that their own members of Congress opt to cling to their beliefs.

Some Americans believe there's all kinds of problems in the U.S.: an ineffective and powerless Congress and a President who does whatever he wants. What would happen if citizens wanted to dump the current system,

Equity co-hosts Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff explore the how startups are navigating a topsy-turvy relationship with the U.S. government.

The U.S. government has acquired a stake in Lithium Americas, boosting the Canadian company's Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada, as part of an effort to strengthen the domestic supply chain for critical metals.