“What’s allowed him to escape, you know, Houdini-like, is the Roberts court and the fact that he’s been able to manipulate the levers of power to keep himself going,” Raskin said. “I mean, if he put, you know, a fraction of that energy into trying to actually do something for the American people, we might […]
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Trump Team Unveils New Dietary Rules—But No Plan to Lower Food Costs
“What’s allowed him to escape, you know, Houdini-like, is the Roberts court and the fact that he’s been able to manipulate the levers of power to keep himself going,” Raskin said. “I mean, if he put, you know, a fraction of that energy into trying to actually do something for the American people, we might […]
Read MoreRepublicans Have Found Another Insidious Way to Cut SNAP
On its face, prohibiting SNAP dollars from being spent on soda and candy might seem unobjectionable. Soda and candy are high in sugar and low in nutrition. But implementing these restrictions is burdensome for states and often difficult for grocery stores to follow. Gina Plata-Nino, the SNAP deputy director at the Food Research and Action […]
Read MoreTrump’s USDA Fires Worker for Talking About Importance of Food Stamps
“My sister said, ‘How is she going to get deported if she’s a Native American?’ and ‘We have proof,’” Jacobo’s sister Maria Nunez told the Arizona Mirror. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know because we’re not immigration and we can’t answer those questions. We’re just holding her for them. So, when they pick her up […]
Read MoreTrump’s Agriculture Department Fires Employee for Talking About SNAP
“My sister said, ‘How is she going to get deported if she’s a Native American?’ and ‘We have proof,’” Jacobo’s sister Maria Nunez told the Arizona Mirror. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know because we’re not immigration and we can’t answer those questions. We’re just holding her for them. So, when they pick her up […]
Read MoreThe Shutdown’s Over. Trump May Still Cut Food Stamps.
Trump now appears to see SNAP as a political threat. “We can reform SNAP, and I think we should,” Trump said on Monday night in a Fox News interview, even as some Democrats readied a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown. “It really puts the country in jeopardy,” he added, claiming that people leave […]
Read MoreLeavitt Goes on Wild Rant When Asked About Trump Cutting Off SNAP
“There’s a total of about 23,000 documents.… We obviously released some today, we’ll be releasing additional documents likely later today,” Garcia said. “The important thing here is that we know, and we’ve been demanding that Donald Trump and the DOJ release the full Epstein files.” Garcia continued, “In what’s been released today—which obviously is quite […]
Read MoreTrump Gives Away Game on Food Stamp Funding With Supreme Court Request
Those senators included Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, John Fetterman, and Tim Kaine, as well as independent Angus King. All eight lawmakers are either retiring or won’t face another election for several years, making the alleged behind-the-scenes rationale for the crumbling stalemate even more asinine. More than a dozen […]
Read MoreSecond Appeals Court Rules SNAP Benefits Must Be Fully Distributed
Source: MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO / Getty The Trump administration has used the ongoing government shutdown to argue its right to starve families receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). On Sunday, a second federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration must pay out SNAP benefits in their entirety for November. According to […]
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Trump Administration Appeals Order To Distribute SNAP Benefits In Full
Source: UCG / Getty The Trump administration filed an appeal after a federal judge ruled they must distribute Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by Friday. According to CBS News, U.S. District Judge John McConnell said it was “simply unacceptable” for the Trump administration to wait any longer to distribute SNAP benefits. “Without SNAP funding […]
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Trump and JD Vance Are Furious They Have to Fund Food Stamps
The CBP chief had originally claimed that Bovino deployed tear gas canisters after he was hit in the head by a rock, but in his hourslong deposition, Bovino “admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village,” Ellis said, according to Jon Seidal of the Chicago […]
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Trump and JD Vance Whine They’ve Been Ordered to Fund Food Stamps
The CBP chief had originally claimed that Bovino deployed tear gas canisters after he was hit in the head by a rock, but in his hourslong deposition, Bovino “admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village,” Ellis said, according to Jon Seidal of the Chicago […]
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Trump Claims America Has to Remain Very “Liquid” in Bizarre Rant
The CBP chief had originally claimed that Bovino deployed tear gas canisters after he was hit in the head by a rock, but in his hourslong deposition, Bovino “admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village,” Ellis said, according to Jon Seidal of the Chicago […]
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Trump Says He Can’t Fund SNAP Because America Has to Be “Liquid”
The CBP chief had originally claimed that Bovino deployed tear gas canisters after he was hit in the head by a rock, but in his hourslong deposition, Bovino “admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village,” Ellis said, according to Jon Seidal of the Chicago […]
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Judge Cites Trump’s Own Truth Social Post in Order to Fully Fund SNAP
The CBP chief had originally claimed that he deployed tear gas canisters after he was hit in the head by a rock, but in his hours-long deposition, Bovino “admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village,” Ellis said, according to Jon Seidal of the Chicago […]
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Trump Officials Admit Math Error in Plan to Gut SNAP Funding
Representative Nancy Pelosi is making room for a new generation of Democrats. The former House speaker announced Thursday she will retire at the end of her current term. She will exit when her term expires in 2027 after a remarkable 39 years in office. “I will not be seeking reelection to Congress. With a grateful […]
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The Drama Surrounding SNAP Benefits Should Mark The End Of MAGA, But It Won’t
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Jesus wasn’t a Christian, and neither are the so-called “believers” who are members of a political party that is content with leaving millions of Americans starving. As we enter the holiday season — a time of the year focused on eating and drinking with friends and family in the name […]
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Where Things Stand With SNAP Benefits
new video loaded: Where Things Stand With SNAP Benefits <img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/11/05/us/politics/THUMBNAIL-tony/THUMBNAIL-tony-jumbo.jpg?auto=webp&quality=75" data-testid="betamax-poster" sizes="(width Millions of low-income Americans will see staggering cuts and delays to their food stamps this month due to the government shutdown. Tony Romm, an economic policy reporter at The New York Times, walks us through the last several weeks of chaos around […]
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Trump Administration Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Offer SNAP Recipients Discounts Amid Shutdown
Source: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty If the Trump administration is going to stick to its narrative that it is congressional Democrats who are starving Americans by allowing the government shutdown to continue, it’s really going to have to explain why the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is telling grocery stores they’re prohibited from offering discounts […]
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Trump Shocks His Own Team With Decision to Defy Courts on Funding SNAP
The rest of the country, however, knows him for being one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, helping to lead the United States after the 9/11 attacks into a myriad of military campaigns, including Iraq and Afghanistan, and having the U.S. commit torture and extrajudicial assassinations across the world. Cheney was unapologetic […]
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Government Says It Will Only Pay SNAP Recipients Half Their Benefits For November, Defying Judges’ Orders
Source: Boston Globe / Getty Last week, not one, but two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use the government’s contingency funds to continue the funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the ongoing government shutdown, ruling against the White House’s previous claim that those funds couldn’t be used for SNAP. Days […]
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From SNAP to Head Start: Government Shutdown Impacts Low-Income Americans The Most
Source: Unaihuiziphotography / Getty The effects of the monthlong government shutdown have gone from mostly affecting federal workers to upending the lives of the most vulnerable Americans. While partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may be distributed as soon as this week, thousands of parents nationwide are scrambling to find childcare as Head Start […]
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Trump Decides to Fund SNAP After Court Order—With Two Major Catches
When asked on 60 Minutes about pardoning Zhao, Trump replied: “OK, are you ready? I don’t know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that, and I heard it was a Biden witch hunt.” The president then launched into an extended rant that was cut from the official version, […]
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‘Empathy Is Hard To Find In The Big House.’ A Howard Student Fears SNAP Cuts Ahead Of The Holidays
As the government shutdown continues, the clock is ticking for thousands of college students whose next meal depends on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Among them is Howard University senior Faith Harper, who says her $260 monthly benefit often makes the difference between eating and going hungry. “I’ve been on SNAP for about […]
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USDA Threatens Stores Giving Discounts to People on Food Stamps
Instead, Roberts released a video on X Thursday in support of Carlson and Fuentes, calling the former “a close friend of the Heritage Foundation” and saying that “canceling” Fuentes is not the solution, even though he personally abhors what he says. In response, Heritage staff members—including Heritage research fellow Preston Brashers and Richard Stern, the […]
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Racist Newsmax Host Says SNAP Recipients Use Benefits To ‘Get Their Weaves’ And Nails Done
Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Arguably, the only thing in America that MAGA has made great again is societal acceptance of casual racism. If the recent revelations of what goes on in Republican chat rooms have taught us anything at all, it’s that many white conservatives think nothing of expressing blatant bigotry against Black people […]
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Scott Bessent Admits Trump’s Doing Everything He Can Not to Fund Snap
Instead, Roberts released a video on X Thursday in support of Carlson and Fuentes, calling the former “a close friend of the Heritage Foundation” and saying that “canceling” Fuentes is not the solution, even though he personally abhors what he says. In response, Heritage staff members—including Heritage research fellow Preston Brashers and Richard Stern, the […]
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Trump Treasury Sec Admits They’re Desperate Not to Fund Food Stamps
Instead, Roberts released a video on X Thursday in support of Carlson and Fuentes, calling the former “a close friend of the Heritage Foundation” and saying that “canceling” Fuentes is not the solution, even though he personally abhors what he says. In response, Heritage staff members—including Heritage research fellow Preston Brashers and Richard Stern, the […]
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As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters
American families are worried about losing food stamp benefits. Hundreds of thousands of federal government workers have no idea when they will next be paid. Several airports have been experiencing delays because of staffing shortages. The pain of the government shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the five-week mark, with Congress showing […]
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2 Federal Judges Rule Trump Administration Must Continue To Fund SNAP Amid Government Shutdown
Source: Spencer Platt / Getty The Trump administration must dig deep into contingency funds it previously claimed could not be used to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funded during the ongoing government shutdown, two separate federal judges ruled on Friday. ABC7 reports that the “rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of […]
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Trump Brags About Hideous Bathroom Renovation in Middle of Shutdown
“My message to America is first, the fact that your government is failing you right now,” Rollins told reporters. “That poverty is not red or blue, it is not a Democrat or Republican issue. Doesn’t matter who you voted for or even if you voted. That if you are in a position where you can’t […]
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