The federal government spent $100 billion on these benefits, which are still sometimes called food stamps, in 2024.
April 01, 2025
State Department formally notifies Congress it is effectively dissolving USAID
March 28, 2025
Major anti-abortion groups have gathered in the nation's capital to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood
March 27, 2025
The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House
March 26, 2025
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March 25, 2025
Republican lawmakers moved on Monday to have two judges impeached as the White House and its allies continue ramping up attacks on members of the judiciary for imposing
March 24, 2025
Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz on Tuesday asked U.S Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to investigate if China is covertly working to
March 25, 2025
Three Democratic senators on Monday urged the White House to seek authority from Congress to extend a deadline for China's ByteDance to sell TikTok to
March 24, 2025
"We went straight from my house to the U.S. House," Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen told CNN's Dana Bash after she had to cast in-person votes to abide by congressional rules following the birth of her son, Sam. Now, Pettersen, with the help of Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, is making a push for Congress to update their rules so new moms in the House can vote remotely.
March 24, 2025
The U.S. government will risk defaulting on some of its $36.6 trillion in debt sometime between mid-July and early October unless Congress acts to raise the cap
March 24, 2025
How bipartisan lawmakers are pushing Congress to update its voting rules for new parents
March 24, 2025
Former US Rep. Mia Love passed away after a fight with brain cancer, her family announced. She was 49. The first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, Love represented Utah’s 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. CNN's Jake Tapper looks back at her life.
March 24, 2025
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten breaks down the latest polls on the approval levels of Democrats in Congress.
March 23, 2025
Donald Trump's sweeping assertion of power since returning to the White House is testing the U.S. constitutional system of checks and balances established in the
March 21, 2025
Brazil's Congress approved on Thursday a 2025 budget bill that foresees a primary surplus of 15 billion reais ($2.66 billion) for the central government this year, up from the 3.7
March 20, 2025
Argentina's lower house on Wednesday gave its stamp of approval for the government to kick off talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a key
March 19, 2025
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
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Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness