Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid benefits could hurt low-income workers, while tax breaks in the same bill will disproportionately benefit wealth business owners, adding to the gap between rich and poor.

Democrats are poised to contest the Republican talking points at every turn, emphasizing the cuts to Medicaid, as the two parties ready for next year's midterm elections.

Recent regulatory changes under the Trump administration have redefined eligibility for federal welfare benefits, impacting programs like SNAP and Head Start. These changes aim to prioritize U.S.

Last week, the Senate passed the largest cut to America’s welfare state in modern history. President Donald Trump’s inaptly ...

State Planning Commission’s 2024-25 survey of 811 interstate migrant workers in Chennai region acknowledges their economic ...

A new study reveals the ‘welfare versus work paradox’: when wages sink close to subsistence, welfare can be the rational choice. Here’s the math behind it.

One of the longtime dividing lines between conservatives and liberals or progressives is whether those receiving welfare benefits should be required to work. Conservatives see the requirement as a ...

But any time a work requirement is proposed on any means-tested welfare program, liberals claim there is no need for it, because most recipients are already working.

Military families struggling with food insecurity could be among the potentially millions of people who lose food assistance under sweeping cuts to the benefits being advanced by House Republicans ...

Thousands of children in Nevada will start receiving federal nutrition benefits this month designed to cover school meals missed during summer vacation. About 280,000 children in Nevada will ...

A senate bill in California that would decriminalize welfare fraud under $25,000 is scheduled to be debated among state lawmakers next week.

One of Braun's orders adds a layer to the existing work requirement for SNAP benefits. Those beneficiaries will be assigned to FSSA's Employment and Training programs to meet that requirement. The ...