Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions

Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions

“Why would corporations spend millions on Trump’s ballroom or Bitcoin? Because they’re getting billions in unlegislated tax breaks,” said one Democratic lawmaker. The Trump administration is quietly waging an all-out regulatory war on a Biden-era corporate tax that aimed to prevent large companies from dodging their tax liabilities while reporting huge profits. The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) was […]

Trump Admin Threatens to Penalize States That Don’t ‘Undo’ Full SNAP Payments

Trump Admin Threatens to Penalize States That Don’t ‘Undo’ Full SNAP Payments

“This president will stop at nothing to take food out of the mouths of hungry kids across America. Soulless,” said Democratic Sen. Patty Murray. President Donald Trump’s Agriculture Department on Saturday threatened to penalize states that don’t “immediately undo” steps taken to pay out full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November following a Supreme Court order that temporarily allowed the […]

Trump Fights Order to Fully Fund November SNAP Benefits

Trump Fights Order to Fully Fund November SNAP Benefits

“Families have already suffered enough, going nearly a week without SNAP,” said one campaigner. “They don’t deserve all of this whiplash from Republicans over the food they need to survive.” A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to release full funding for 42 million Americans’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by Friday, but the US […]

Despite Campaign Pledges, Electricity Costs Up $100 Per Family

Despite Campaign Pledges, Electricity Costs Up $100 Per Family

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the price increases will cost US families “an estimated $70 billion over the next three years.” As low-income households in northern states where the weather has already turned colder face the loss of heating assistance due to the government shutdown, a congressional report unveiled Thursday reveals that households across the country can expect to pay […]