The Trump administration “has once again gone out of its way to inflict further harm on low-income families,” said the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The average recipient of federal food aid will see a massive 61% benefit cut this month—and millions will lose November benefits entirely—under the Trump administration’s plan to only partially fund the Supplemental […]
“He’s a psychopath, humanly incapable of caring about anyone or anything but himself,” one critic said of Trump. As millions of families across the US are about to lose their access to food aid over the weekend, President Donald Trump on Friday decided to show off photos of a White House bathroom that he boasted had been refurbished in “highly polished, statuary marble.” […]
“Do not go down in history as the first president to manufacture a hunger crisis in the richest country on Earth,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Release these funds.” Senate Democrats on Wednesday accused the Republican Party of “weaponizing hunger” after Senate Majority Leader John Thune blocked an effort to pass a standalone bill to keep federal food assistance funded through November, and […]
The Trump administration “just illegally reversed course,” said Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee. “They’re choosing to cut food assistance for 42 million Americans.” Elected Democrats and other critics on Saturday continued to call out the Trump administration for refusing to use contingency funding to pay for food stamps during the US government shutdown, imperiling hunger relief for about 42 million […]