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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to […]

November 7, 2025

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Obama says there’s ‘no justification’ for starvation in Gaza, calls for aid distribution

Former U.S. President Barack Obama condemned the increasing starvation of Palestinians in Gaza amid concerns of famine, as Israel continues to decimate the Middle Eastern territory as part of its nearly two-year military operation. “Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families,” wrote America’s first Black president in a post on X. Obama shared news articles about the growing starvation in Gaza, adding that they “underscore the […]

July 28, 2025

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‘It’s an insult’: Gov. Wes Moore vows to take Trump to court for blocking FEMA aid to Maryland

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has vowed to take President Donald Trump to court after the president denied the governor’s request for FEMA disaster assistance relief following devastating floods in May. “It’s an insult to Marylanders and the community still suffering in the aftermath of this storm,” Moore said in a video response to the Trump administration’s decision. Moore explained that despite meeting the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “longstanding set of criteria,” the Trump administration said Maryland’s request was “not warranted.” […]

July 25, 2025

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USDA eliminates aid protections for Black farmers, ending ‘socially disadvantaged’ designation

The USDA recently announced that race and gender will no longer be deciding factors when giving out increased benefits to programs. This decision comes as the final rule, where the agricultural department said the “socially disadvantaged” designation for racial minorities and women will no longer be used in key programs. This will affect the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Rural Business-Cooperative Service and other agencies. USDA’s decision is a result of President Donald Trump’s executive order to undo […]

July 19, 2025

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Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid

Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid, an email landed in Claris Madhuku’s inbox in rural Zimbabwe. Stop all activities immediately, it said. The message confirmed Madhuku’s fears that Trump’s return to office might affect his organization’s efforts to save African girls from child marriages. Many Africans had known that Trump’s “America First” outlook meant their continent was likely to be last among his priorities. But they hadn’t expected the abrupt halt to foreign aid from the world’s […]

February 3, 2025

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US places dozens of senior aid officials on leave, citing possible resistance to Trump orders

At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency were placed on leave Monday amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s orders. A current official and a former official at the U.S. Agency for International Development confirmed the reason given for the move Monday. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. Several hundred contractors based in Washington and elsewhere also were laid off, the officials said. It follows […]

January 29, 2025

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Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. It was their only meal Wednesday — it was all they could afford. “My girls suck on their thumbs because of how hungry they are, and I pat their backs until they sleep,” she said. After being displaced five times, the Eids reside […]

November 22, 2024

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Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion ‘gag rule’ governing US aid

EPWORTH, Zimbabwe (AP) — Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited two hours to get birth-control pills from a tent pitched in a poor settlement on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. The outreach clinic in Epworth provides Moyo with her best shot at achieving her dream of returning to school. “I am too young to be a baby-making machine,” she said. “At least this clinic helps me avoid another pregnancy.” But the free service funded by the U.S. […]

November 20, 2024

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After Congress ended extra cash aid for families, communities tackle child poverty alone

If you bring a baby into the Hurley Children’s Center clinic in downtown Flint, Michigan, Mona Hanna will find you. The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city’s water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of an unsuspecting parent. “Hi! I’m Dr. Mona!” she said warmly. “Any chance you guys live in Flint?” She learned the family is from neighboring Grand Blanc. “That’s so […]

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