In Trump Tax Package, Republicans Target SNAP Food Program

[ad_1] House Republicans on Monday proposed a series of sharp restrictions on the federal anti-hunger program known as food stamps, seeking to limit its funding and benefits as part of a sprawling package to advance President Trump’s tax cuts. The proposal, included in a draft measure to be considered by the House Agriculture Committee this […]

Republicans in Congress Use Obscure Law to Roll Back Biden-Era Regulations

[ad_1] As President Trump moves unilaterally to slash the federal bureaucracy and upend longstanding policies, Republicans in Congress have embarked on a spree of deregulation, using an obscure law to quietly but steadily chip away at Biden-era rules they say are hurting businesses and consumers. In recent weeks, the G.O.P. has pushed through a flurry […]

Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis as rising costs send more families to food banks | World News

[ad_1] NEW YORK: The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in grants. Demand has only increased at the New York nonprofit since the city emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic insecurity. In a first for the […]

Republicans Freeze House Efforts to Compel Information From Trump

[ad_1] House Republicans on Tuesday quietly closed off a way for members of Congress to force votes demanding information from the Trump administration, the latest instance of the G.O.P. preemptively ceding the legislative branch’s powers to avoid challenging President Trump. The move temporarily blocked an effort by Democrats on the Armed Services Committee to compel […]

Trump Tariffs: Republicans rally behind Trump as most Americans expect higher prices from tariffs

[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans have triggered growing anxiety among Americans, with many blaming his policies for worsening economic conditions, even as most Republicans continue to back his strategy. According to a CBS News/YouGov poll, the country remains sharply divided on whether Trump […]

Who Is Pete Hegseth’S Wife: ‘What about Jill Biden?’ Republicans push back on report that Hegseth brought his wife to sensitive meetings

[ad_1] Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer Hegseth reportedly attended two high-level military meetings. After the Wall Street Journal reported exclusively that defense secretary Pete Hegseth, who is already facing the heat for the alleged leak of the Yemen war plan, brought his wife to meetings with foreign military counterparts, the MAGA machinery pushed back and said […]