Sunday, April 19, 2026

Tag: SNAP

Hegseth clamps down on Pentagon press access as military budget hits...

As the Trump administration pushes for a $1 trillion military budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imposed unprecedented restrictions on journalists at the Pentagon, raising alarm over transparency, accountability, and the future of press freedom.

GOP budget plan threatens 34 million children with loss of food...

New report reveals nearly half of U.S. children could lose access to Medicaid or SNAP under Republican-backed budget reconciliation plan, disproportionately harming marginalized families.

House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax...

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

Medicaid on the chopping block: GOP budget advances as disabled protesters...

Republicans push deep Medicaid cuts in late-night sessions as disabled protesters are arrested, and millions face the loss of life-saving coverage.

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.

GOP budget proposal threatens Medicaid and SNAP benefits for millions

House Republicans push forward with a budget resolution that could cut critical social programs to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

GOP’s $4.5 trillion tax giveaway: Slashing Medicaid and food stamps to...

House Republicans propose massive tax cuts for billionaires while gutting Medicaid, food assistance, and student loan programs, sparking outrage from lawmakers and advocacy groups.

Biden announces actions to address the growing hunger crisis facing 29...

Biden's actions are described as "equitable emergency economic relief" that would "help Americans persevere through the pandemic," according to a White House statement.

Judge vacates Trump SNAP rule that would remove thousands off food...

The proposed rule change by the USDA “radically and abruptly alters decades of regulatory practice, leaving States scrambling and exponentially increasing food insecurity for tens of thousands of Americans.”

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

“SNAP delivered. Like it always does.”

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3D-printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small...

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished.

The deaf, dumb and blind cult still dazzled by the nastiest, most naked ‘emperor’...

How mortifying: one crude, ham-fisted con artist, swelled by arrogance, ignorance, and stupidity, is all it took to topple this “naked” beacon of democracy. Figure even worse with a Putin in charge.

The winner at the DNC’s latest meeting? Israel, ethnic cleansing and genocide

Why did pro-Israel groups voice so much pleasure and praise—not only for the sidelining of pro-human-rights resolutions but also for the process that sidelined them?

Big oil cashes in as Trump’s Iran war drives $30 million per hour windfall...

Analysis shows fossil fuel giants capturing massive gains as oil prices surge during conflict, intensifying scrutiny over war-driven economic impacts.