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Trump Nixes Key USDA Hunger Report Months After Historic Cuts to Food Assistance
“The Trump administration doesn’t solve problems, it hides them,” Rep. Shontel Brown said in response.
Survey Finds Half of Teachers Expect to Buy Food for Students This School Year
Fears of increased food insecurity grow amid looming federal SNAP funding cuts.
Trump Admin, GOP Continue to Weaponize Bible to Punish Poor, Defend Imperialism
Willfully misinterpreting the Bible to justify what passes for “law and order” has only intensified in recent decades.
Millionaire Legislator Leaves $3 Tip in Celebration of Trump’s “No Tax on Tips”
Trump’s “no tax on tips” provision is “political snake oil,” one living wage advocate said.
Trump’s Funding Cuts Force Food Banks to Ration Meals for Texas Flood Survivors
Texas already leads the nation in hunger rates with more than 5 million residents facing food insecurity.
After All-Night Session of Wrangling, GOP Still Lacks Votes to Pass Budget Bill
With Democrats unanimously opposed to the bill, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose three GOP votes.
The Number of Unhoused Young Children Is at Crisis Level. It’s Set to Get Worse.
Nearly 447,000 US kids under 3 were unhoused at last count. Trump’s budget bill threatens to make that number skyrocket.
Trump Budget Is “a Mugging Conducted by the 1 Percent Against the Rest of Us”
Senate Republicans will now have to pass their own version of the budget.
Proposed Budget Bill Boasts Historic Medicaid Cuts. Some Republicans Want More.
GOP hardliners are reportedly pursuing an end to states' Medicaid expansions and an earlier start to work requirements.
House Republicans Advance Massive Tax Cuts for the Rich
A spokesperson for the Unrig Our Economy coalition called the GOP package “a reverse Robin Hood of the highest order.”