Government Shutdown of Food Aid Is Unprecedented
“We can’t use hungry children as a bargaining chip,” a MAHA leader says.
A convenience store in San Francisco advertises that it accepts SNAP benefits.
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The US Department of Agriculture has announced that recipients of the nation’s largest low-income food aid program won’t receive their money starting Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown. Deena Shanker, who writes the Extra Salt column for Bloomberg Businessweek, today discusses why the move is both unusual and aligns with a larger effort by the Trump administration to cut aid. Plus: Why medications for rare conditions keep getting more expensive, and these sneakers have become must-have souvenirs from Japan.
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