The stark consequences of President Donald Trump’s unpopular signature budget bill—including the millions set to lose healthcare, access to food, or both, as well as the slashing of funds and ...

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Republicans are defending recent legislation aimed at incentivizing states to fight erroneous payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — but Democrats are picking a ...

James Carville is a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s in 1992, and a consultant to ...

States that can get their SNAP error rates below 6 percent by the time the cost-share kicks in will be exempted from paying ...

A North Carolina town hall meeting held just days after President Trump signed his ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ shows that Democrats may have a powerful new message of opposition.