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FILE PHOTO: The Treasury Department is pictured in Washington

Economy May 26

Debt ceiling deadline now June 5, giving more time for negotiations

By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura

Politics Sep 28

U.S. President Biden hosts event on health care costs, Medicare and Social Security at the White House to Washington
WATCH: Biden calls on Congress to reinstate expanded child tax credit to end hunger by 2030

President Joe Biden is hosting a conference on hunger, nutrition and health, the first by the White House since 1969 during the Nixon administration.

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

Nation Oct 16

Students at Doherty Middle School get their healthy lunch at the school cafeteria in Andover, Massachusetts. Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images
Trump rule may mean 1 million kids lose automatic free lunch

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released details of an analysis that found that as many as 982,000 children could be affected by the change. About half would have to pay a reduced price of 40 cents for school lunch…

By Candice Choi, Associated Press

Health Sep 05

Nationwide, 38 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the nation’s largest safety net program for food and nutrition, but the ongoing government shutdown puts access to food at risk. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Here’s who could lose food stamps under Trump’s proposed changes

Under the proposed rule, 9 percent of households nationwide that currently receive food stamps would no longer qualify for those benefits, but that percentage could be much higher in certain states.

By Laura Santhanam

Making Sen$e Jul 23

How would Trump’s food stamp plan affect low-income Americans?

The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that could eliminate food stamp benefits for 3.1 million Americans if the change goes into effect.

By Laura Santhanam

Apr 20

Quest for food stamp data lands newspaper at Supreme Court

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. Trying to get that data has taken the paper more than eight years…

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Dec 20

Trump administration wants to tighten work requirements for food stamps

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

The move comes just weeks after lawmakers passed a $400 billion farm bill that reauthorized agriculture and conservation programs while leaving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which serves roughly 40 million Americans, virtually untouched.

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Dec 13

Hemp, high-speed internet and other highlights from the new farm bill

By Maea Lenei Buhre, Patty Gorena Morales

Congress passed a 10-year, $867 billion farm bill Wednesday that would reauthorize a variety of agricultural programs and food aid for low-income Americans. Here's a look at the other, lesser-known provisions that also made it into the bill.

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Dec 12

House passes farm bill and sends it to Trump’s desk

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

The House has easily passed the farm bill, a massive legislative package that reauthorizes agriculture programs and food aid.

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Dec 11

Lawmakers reach farm bill compromise, clearing way for vote

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

The legislation sets federal agricultural and food policy for five years and provides more than $400 billion in farm subsidies, conservation programs and food aid for the poor.

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