US Food Aid Crisis Looms as Emergency Funds and Benefits Face Cuts
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The US Department of Agriculture will not use its $6 billion contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits, risking the loss of aid for about 42 million Americans amid ongoing government funding disputes, with calls from Democrats to utilize available funds and avoid benefit disruptions.
- Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits CNN
- Exclusive: USDA says it can't use emergency funds for food stamps Axios
- Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’ The Guardian
- At least 25 states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November Politico
- 'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people NPR
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