Trump, Medicaid and SNAP
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Chefs, food equality advocates and nonprofit leaders rally against Trump's megabill that would slash SNAP funding for the nation's most vulnerable.
In California, where SNAP is administered as CalFresh, those reductions could threaten a vital resource that supported five million residents between 2023 and 2024. And a new study by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) found that California's Latino population—which make up a majority of CalFresh recipients—will likely bear the brunt of these changes due to high rates of food insecurity and regional disparities in benefit access.
The bill, ushered through Congress by Republican leadership and signed by Trump Friday, includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, slashes spending on Medicaid, and creates temporary tax deductions for overtime and tipped income. It includes $170 billion for immigrant detention and for new personnel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Amazon S3 on MSNTrump’s Law Cuts SNAP by $186B, Stripping Food Aid From 22.3M FamiliesThe reconciliation package signed into law by President Donald Trump includes the largest cut to SNAP in U.S. history, according to CNBC. The law slashes the program by 20% or $186 billion through 2034,
The passage of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" brings significant changes to SNAP at a time when food insecurity is already high in Kentucky.
President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" cuts social safety net programs like SNAP to rein in government spending. Opponents fear it will worsen food insecurity in Oregon.
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SNAP Cuts: Food Bank ImpactChicago-area food banks, sounding the alarm over major cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, also known as SNAP, included in President Trump's budget bill. Danielle Perry, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy for the Greater Chicago Food Depository joins WGN's Lourdes Duarte to discuss.
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Hosted on MSNMedicaid is one of the main affected by Trump's reformThe recent approval of a sweeping tax and spending cut package by Republicans, led by President Trump, has sparked widespread concern. The legislation's $1.2 trillion Medicaid cuts threaten rural healthcare,