DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – As federal food assistance more widely known as “SNAP benefits” is withheld at best; frozen long term a possibility as well, North Texans are expected to place higher demand on a pharmacy that offers free medication, to those who have no insurance. The St. Vincent de Paul Pharmacy opened in 2018…… MORE
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Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation’s largest food aid program running. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, had planned to freeze payments starting Nov. 1 because it said it could…… MORE
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown
BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…… MORE
China agrees to purchase 25 million metric tons of US soybeans each year, Treasury Secretary says
WASHINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) – China has agreed to purchase 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually as part of an agreement reached by its leaders, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday. Bessent said China will start by purchasing 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S. between now and January. President Donald Trump…… MORE
Trump-Putin summit planned for Budapest is on hold after Rubio spoke with Lavrov, US official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold, a U.S. official said Tuesday, the latest twist in his stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine. The meeting was announced last week and was supposed to take place in Budapest, Hungary, in the near future. However,…… MORE