2025 • Nov 08
SNAP benefits don't cover healthier diet costs: Study
Researchers considered whether SNAP benefits provide enough money to cover the costs of three popular eating plans....
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2025 • Nov 03
Live updates: Thune ‘optimistic’ about shutdown deal; Senate to vote 14th time on funding bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday said he is “optimistic” a deal to end the over four-week long shutdown could be reached by the end of this week. Both Democrats and Republicans ar...
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2025 • Nov 02
Bessent signals SNAP benefits could restart Wednesday
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday signaled that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could restart as soon as this week. “There's a process that has to be followed, so we...
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2025 • Nov 02
Fetterman: Democrats 'own' shutdown amid SNAP funding fight
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Sunday that Democrats “need to own” the current government shutdown amid a fight over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding. “Well, I mean, for me, ...
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2025 • Nov 02
Mark Warner says shutdown could end 'this week' with Trump back in US
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he’s hopeful the government shutdown could come to an end this week with President Trump back from his Asia trip. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Warner ...
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2025 • Oct 29
Thune blasts Democrats on Senate floor over SNAP, shutdown: 'This isn't a political game'
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) delivered a fiery floor speech Wednesday, chastising his Democratic colleagues for introducing legislation to fund SNAP benefits after consistently voting ag...
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2025 • Oct 27
Johnson claims SNAP contingency funds 'not legally available'
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds are not “legally available” to cover benefits during the shutdown. At a press conference,...
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2025 • Aug 07
American youth derived 62 percent of calories from 'ultra-processed' foods: CDC
A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the majority of calories consumed by American youth in recent years came from "ultra-processed" foods. The CDC analy...
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