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'Unlawful and heartless': What Trump's threat to cut off SNAP money could mean for blue states

Oregon could again lose federal money that ensures food ends up on the tables of 757,000 low-income residents after the Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would shut off the flow to ...
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States are tightening limits on what SNAP recipients can do with their benefits

By the end of the year, 18 states will limit the purchase of "non-nutritious" food and drinks. What that means is up to the ...
Opinion
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Republicans have found another insidious way to cut SNAP

The Trump administration is rewarding states for cutting food assistance. Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Monday announced some of the state-by-state ...

Soda, candy cut for many SNAP users starting Jan. 1. What states are affected?

At least 18 states will implement changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the new year. Five of ...

SNAP benefit cuts will leave millions of Americans overworked and underfed

Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their SNAP benefits due to budget cuts and new work requirements, which will have ...
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Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This fall, Americans got to see what it’s like to go without ...
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Wave of Income Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis

This story first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive ProPublica’s biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This fall, Americans got ...