Saturday, March 21, 2026

Tag: food assistance

Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP funds from democratic-led states

A new confrontation between the White House and blue states raises concerns about the political use of food assistance programs.

Trump fights court order to fully fund SNAP for 42 million...

A federal judge ordered the administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits for 42 million people as the Justice Department appealed, while analysis shows the partial-payment plan would cut average aid by 61 percent and leave millions with nothing.

Trump defies court order, blocks food aid for millions amid record...

President Donald Trump has declared that his administration will defy two federal court orders requiring the government to release full Supplemental Nutrition...

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.

GOP proposal could slash food aid for millions, new analysis warns

As House Republicans push for deep SNAP cuts and expanded work requirements, experts warn the proposal would strip food assistance from millions of low-income people—including families, older adults, and veterans—without improving employment.

Despite surging need amid pandemic, GOP moves to roll back SNAP...

“SNAP delivered. Like it always does.”

A food stamp indignity worthy of Dickens

Behind the White House's demeaning "food box" idea is a plan to eliminate food aid for poor people completely.

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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails

The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.

State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring

Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.

The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.