President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" cuts social safety net programs like SNAP to rein in government spending.

The bill will temporarily would add new tax deductions on tip, overtime and auto loans. STOCK PHOTO Washington (AP) — ...

In Washington, nearly one million people rely on SNAP benefits each month. With the new law in place, those benefits are ...

President Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ shifts more Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program costs to states.

With the approval of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act last week, which includes $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and ...

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” signed July 4, includes a one-year moratorium on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood that ...

The Sunshine Division in Portland, Oregon is expanding its food assistance programs due to increased food insecurity and cuts to USDA programs, while Representative Suzanne Bonamici is concerned ...

Oregon’s almost entirely Democratic congressional delegation voted against the GOP tax and spending cut bill. Only U.S. Rep.

The surprising story, in words and pictures, behind the homeless crisis in Los Angeles — a tale of law enforcement, housing ...

WASHINGTON D.C.- Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introducing two new bills this week for wildfire reduction as well as timber and wood processing. The Wildfire Resilient Communities Act would both ...

NEW YORK — Federal budget cuts under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) will take a smaller bite out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) than previously ...

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