16 h. ago Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets

With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters

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23 h. ago People in some states get SNAP food aid while others still wait for their November benefits

People in some U.S. states have started receiving their November SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle over the government shutdown

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26 h. ago US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments

High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November benefitsThe supreme court has issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments.The high court’s order came after the Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP food stamp payments after Trump appeal

The USDA says funding is already going to states while the government wages a legal battle to freeze it

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28 h. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge’s order to fully fund SNAP as food benefits start rolling into states

The USDA says funding is already going to states while the government wages a legal battle to freeze it

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28 h. ago Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding

Appeals court rejects administration’s legal effort and orders officials to pay November’s food aid benefits in fullThe Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day.Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Trump finally agrees to fully fund SNAP food stamps during shutdown – for now

The USDA says funding is going to states while the government appeals a court order to do exactly that

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31 h. ago What is SNAP and why is the White House asking the court to block November’s benefits?

Nearly 60% of Americans enrolled in SNAP are either children under 18 or adults who are 60 or older

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32 h. ago National hotline for food assistance sees call levels experienced during natural disasters

211 data has detected early signs of trouble for Americans previously

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32 h. ago Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court votes to reject Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27

Most justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal

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35 h. ago Transgender rights to Trump’s tariffs – here’s what’s on the Supreme Court docket

The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices

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38 h. ago Air India flight captain not to blame for crash that killed hundreds, says court

India's Supreme Court told the grieving dad of Air India captain Sumeet Sabharwal that his son was not to blame for the crash that left 241 dead, including 52 Brits

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40 h. ago Top court says no one blames pilot for Air India crash and hits out at ‘nasty’ media reports

Supreme Court tells late captain’s father to not ‘carry this burden that your son is being blamed’

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41 h. ago VIDEO: New London food drive underway amid SNAP benefits delay

VIDEO: New London food drive underway amid SNAP benefits delay  WFSB

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42 h. ago Food drive underway as hundreds of thousands await delayed SNAP benefits

Food drive underway as hundreds of thousands await delayed SNAP benefits  WFSB

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54 h. ago Ivanka Trump shredded online for hawking food business as millions of Americans face SNAP cuts

Nearly 42 million Americans nationwide lost their SNAP benefits Saturday due to the ongoing government shutdown

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55 h. ago US supreme court lets Trump block passport sex markers for trans and non

Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docketThe supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.The decision by the high court’s conservative majority is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on new or renewed passports. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Trump can block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers, Supreme Court rules

The plaintiffs argued that passports limited to the sex listed on a birth certificate can spark harassment or even violence for transgender people

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56 h. ago Trump defends tariffs as matter of ‘national security’, saying a supreme court ruling against them would be ‘somewhat catastrophic’

President claims without evidence that tariffs are ‘difference between going bankrupt and thriving’It’s now day 37 of the ongoing government shutdown, the longest on record, with both parties continuing to blame the other for the lapse in funding.For his part, Donald Trump has turned his attention to the filibuster – the procedural mechanism that requires 60 votes in the Senate to end debate on a piece of legislation and bring it to the floor for a vote. He’s hammered home his wishes on Truth Social, and in front of lawmakers at a White House breakfast on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Canada pushes on with ‘complete depopulation’ plan to cull 400 ostriches

Country’s top court declines to block controversial cull of hundreds of birds amid fears of an avian flu outbreakCanada’s food inspection agency says it plans to begin a “complete depopulation” of hundreds of ostriches at a farm after the country’s top court declined to block the controversial cull.On Thursday, the supreme court said it would not take up a case that has catalyzed a fierce protest by the farm owners and protesters – as well as senior figures in the Trump administration, who have decried the public health effort as government overreach. Continue reading...

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