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G.O.P. Senators Want Fewer Cuts to Food Aid, Teeing Up a Fight with the House

12 juin 2025 à 16:39
Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will saddle their states with huge costs and harm low-income children.

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“We can’t cut to the bone and hurt people,” Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia said in an interview.

Reagan Invoked the ‘Welfare Queen.’ The New G.O.P. Target Is a Lazy Gamer.

10 juin 2025 à 16:10
Republicans targeting safety net programs once invoked women they claimed were living lavishly on government funds. Now as they seek to pare back Medicaid, the imagery has changed — but not the argument.

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Speaker Mike Johnson and others have accused able-bodied unemployed Americans of “cheating” by receiving Medicaid coverage when they could work.

Tax Credit Increase Would Exclude Millions of Low-Income Children, Study Finds

5 juin 2025 à 18:25
The domestic policy bill passed by the House raises the maximum child tax credit to $2,500. But about a third of children would not receive the full credit because their parents have low wages or lack jobs.

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The Republican plan to raise the credit, which would cost nearly $25 billion a year, renews partisan jousting over the program’s purpose.

Judge Orders Reinstatement of AmeriCorps Programs in 24 States

5 juin 2025 à 17:15
Elon Musk’s DOGE associates had descended upon the independent agency, which facilitates volunteer services nationwide, with an eye toward rapidly dismantling it.

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AmeriCorps volunteers being sworn in at the White House in 2014.

Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill Could Hurt Global Poor, Especially Africa

3 juin 2025 à 17:31
After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations would be among the hardest hit.

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Processing payments in Jos, Nigeria.

Trump Administration Backs Off Effort to Collect Data on Food Stamp Recipients

3 juin 2025 à 15:21
In response to a federal lawsuit, the Agriculture Department said it would refrain, for now, from demanding that states turn over the personal information of people receiving assistance.

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The data the Agriculture Department would begin compiling from state administrators includes identifying details on recipients like home addresses, federal tax returns and Social Security numbers.
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