Tag: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Millions lose food aid as Trump’s budget law reshapes SNAP
A new analysis finds 2.5 million fewer people received food assistance within months of enactment, with millions more expected to lose benefits as states adjust to new funding requirements.
Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina sparks outrage as millions of...
Critics accuse the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding SNAP benefits during the shutdown while approving a $40 billion bailout tied to Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei.
Millions risk losing food stamps next month as shutdown drags on
With USDA warning funds will be depleted and states halting enrollments, pressure mounts on the Trump administration to avert a national SNAP disruption before November.
Trump plan accelerates assault on Section 8 and pushes millions toward...
Advocates warn that new HUD demands, looming funding cuts, and potential work rules could dismantle Housing Choice Vouchers and upend low-income households nationwide
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Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two
This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.
ICE killed a Maine father during an operation targeting someone else
Joan Sebastian Guerrero was fatally shot while driving to work, leaving conflicting federal and eyewitness accounts of why an immigration agent opened fire.
Justice Department probe tests the UAW’s reform movement
Shawn Fain denies allegations that he misused union authority as a federal investigation and leadership election place one of organized labor’s most prominent unions under new pressure.
Inside ICE’s largest detention center
A new investigation describes deaths, medical neglect, hidden detainees, and private contractors inside Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss.
The US kicks off world’s largest naval war games: RIMPAC, China, & the cost...
The newest escalation of U.S. preparations for war on China will further militarize the Pacific and normalizing the prospect of conflict through increasingly large-scale exercises and an ever-expanding web of alliances and military bases.