A proposed rule change by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks to limit eligibility standards for some households with low incomes when it comes to automatic enrollment into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), sometimes referred to as the food stamps program. Currently, any household that receives cash or in-kind assistance from the Temporary Assistance for Needy…
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At least 1.5 million children have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since US President Donald Trump signed the Republican budget package into law last summer, enacting the largest cuts to federal food aid in the nation’s history. The new estimate of food aid loss among children comes from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), which said Tuesday that SNAP…
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Senate Republicans unveiled annual farm legislation this week that would do nothing to address the worsening nationwide hunger crisis spurred by President Donald Trump and the GOP’s unprecedented assault on federal food aid. The draft bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, omits a Democratic proposal to delay a provision of the…
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During a roundtable meeting on Tuesday discussing supposed fraud in federal programs, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller falsely claimed that safety net programs do not require documentation of financial hardship from applicants. The roundtable, which featured Republican state attorneys general and Vice President JD Vance, was ostensibly convened to discuss efforts to root out fraud in…
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Last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that she plans to force the millions of low-income recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, to reapply for the program. In comments to Newsmax, Rollins claimed a reapplication process was needed to “make sure that everyone that’s taking a taxpayer-funded…
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On Thursday, President Donald Trump rejected the premise that voter concerns about “affordability” and his administration’s failure to address rising consumer costs played a role in the Republican Party’s election losses earlier this week. Exit polling data indicates that Americans are indeed upset about the state of the economy. In two gubernatorial races that were won by Democrats this week…
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