More Than 1.1 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump
More than 1.1 million Americans dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Trump took office in January 2017, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dropped to 41,496,255 in May 2017, the most recent data available from the USDA, from 42,691,363 in January 2017 when Trump took office. According to the latest data, SNAP enrollment during the first few months of Trump’s presidency decreased by 2.79 percent. Food stamp participation on average in 2017 has dropped to its lowest level since 2010, and the latest numbers show that this trend is continuing. ... Read More
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Nikki Haley on Climate Change: 'It Is Real'
Just because President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, that does not mean his administration does not believe in climate protection, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday, while acknowledging that climate change "is real." "We're not saying that climate change is not real," the former South Carolina governor told NBC's "Today" show. "It is real. How do you have that balance between making sure you have jobs and businesses moving and how you protect the climate? The answer is in the middle." Haley made her comments after the ... Read More
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Mother Of Disabled Obamacare Victim: "Trump Didn't Snub My Son, Congress Did"
The mother of the boy at the center of a flap with J.K. Rowling says it’s not President Donald Trump who did the snubbing, but Congress. “You want to know who snubbed my son? Congress snubbed my kid in D.C. when they failed to pass meaningful legislation. Everyone missed the point of why we were there [the White House] in the first place. They [Congress] didn’t come up with a dynamic plan and they didn’t go out and sell it to the American people. If they have a plan, what is it and where is it?” ... Read More
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The Health Insurance Tax: Obamacare’s Forgotten Tax
Congress still has the opportunity to repeal the long-delayed health insurance tax that will take effect in 2018, even with the Obamacare repeal stymied by moderate Republicans in the Senate. Obamacare created the health insurance tax, which places a direct tax on insurance premiums. Democrats designed the tax to be calculated based on insurance premiums, meaning that the cost of the tax would pass directly to small businesses and middle-class families through higher premiums. The health insurance even impacts seniors through Medicare Advantage plans and low-income Americans that rely on Medicaid managed plans. The Heritage Foundation reported that if Republicans fail to ... Read More
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NKorea Rebuffs Nuclear Talks, Says US to 'Pay Dearly'
North Korea condemned the latest round of United Nations sanctions and reiterated that it wouldn’t negotiate over its nuclear program until the U.S. ceases "hostile" policies. Kim Jong Un’s regime said it will "make the U.S. pay dearly for all the heinous crime it commits against the state and people of this country," the Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday. In a separate statement to reporters in Manila, North Korea called President Donald Trump’s "America First" policy dangerous and said its nuclear program was necessary to avoid a U.S. invasion similar to those in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. ... Read More
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