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The most clearly documented unanimous Senate confirmation of a 2025 Trump Cabinet appointee was Marco Rubio, who was confirmed by a 99–0 Senate vote, according to multiple tracking sources . Ballotped...
Available reporting shows the SNAP program serves about 42 million Americans and that the Trump administration initially moved to withhold or limit November 2025 SNAP benefits during the government sh...
Recent policy changes from 2023–2025 — especially the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) implementation and the 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBBA) provisions — tightened work requirements, changed non...
The Trump administration pursued a set of policies — deregulatory moves, aggressive anti-public-media actions, personnel appointments drawn from conservative media, and a generally pro–commercial-broa...
To find official state notices about SNAP form changes and deadlines, go to your state human services or department of social services websites and the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) guidance p...
Available reporting shows measurable but limited rates of SNAP recipient misrepresentation and improper payments: the USDA and quality-control reviews count recipient fraud and errors as part of an ov...
States are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture because the agency asked in 2025 for detailed SNAP participant records — including Social Security numbers and benefit histories — and threatened to...
USDA did not “assume” SNAP overnight in recent weeks; the agency already operates the program through its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), and recent reporting describes USDA actions during a 2025 fu...
Republicans and allied officials have pointed to several high‑profile SNAP fraud claims in recent weeks as evidence of systemic problems, including statements by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins about “d...
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for SNAP in 2025 under federal law as implemented after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025; the USDA’s updated guidance confines eligibility to citizens an...
Democrats are pushing for immediate SNAP funding to prevent a disruption for roughly 42 million beneficiaries amid a government shutdown, urging the USDA to use contingency reserves or statutory trans...
Federal courts in multiple districts have blocked the Trump administration’s attempts to suspend SNAP issuance, ordering the USDA to continue benefits or use contingency funding while litigation proce...
The USDA Secretary has the statutory authority to tap a SNAP contingency or emergency fund and advocates, lawmakers, and a federal judge have urged Secretary Brooke Rollins to use that authority to av...