The warning came as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans have discussed cutting SNAP benefits—otherwise known as "food stamps"—which are provided by federal government funding. Per the Southern Poverty Law Center, SNAP benefits go to 1 in 8 people, and 1 in 5 children, in America.

As discussions about federal budget cuts intensify, the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program hangs in the balance.

This three-part agenda — legislation, executive action, and tariffs — will reduce the living standards and raise costs for millions of families with modest incomes while helping pave the way for tax cuts skewed to the wealthy.

Republicans are trying to pass a bill to cut taxes by $4.5 trillion by reducing government spending by $2 trillion, including cutting Medicaid and SNAP by $800 billion, which would be a bad

Advertisement Advertisement On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to ... concern over the extent SNAP may be impacted by DOGE cuts, it was revealed on March 28, that changes will be coming from the newly-installed Health and Human Services ...

Texas state Senator Mayes Middleton said his bill was about "making sure taxpayer funded food stamps are used to buy nutritious food."

The health secretary announced the change to the SNAP food program in an appearance in West Virginia, which is also the first state to ban most artificial dyes in food.

The Social Security Administration is shuttering offices, and the Republicans’ own math suggests that they are planning big cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

When Blair Isbell's food aid benefits arrive each month, the community college student and mother of two starts planning how to spend the roughly $7 per person per day she gets for groceries.

Conservative and free market groups are mounting a last-minute push for restraint from the White House on the forthcoming tariffs.

The federal spending cuts proposed by the Republican-controlled Congress could lead to tens of thousands of jobs lost across Missouri and Kansas health care systems and food suppliers, a new study found.