President Donald Trump warned Tuesday he will not allow federal food benefits to be paid until the government reopens in a hardened position that puts millions of low-income households directly in the political blast zone. Two federal courts only last week ruled that the administration must pay at least partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing government shutdown. SNAP supports roughly 42 million Americans, and the majority are children or people over 60. Taking to Truth Social on Tuesday, the president wrote: SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe.
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WASHINGTON In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D. C. that impacts Indian Country recently. Today marks 33rd day federal goverment partial shutdown. In all probability, this shutdown will become the longest in the country’s history, which was 35 days long during the first Trump administration.
BNM’s tokenization roadmap aims to focus on real-world use cases such as SME supply chain financing, Shariah-compliant Islamic products, green finance and 24/7 cross-border payments. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the country’s central bank, has unveiled a three-year roadmap to explore and test asset tokenization across the financial sector. Under the initiative, BNM will launch proof-of-concept (POC) projects and live pilots through its Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH), established earlier this year, the central bank announced on Friday. A key part of this roadmap is the creation of an Asset Tokenization Industry Working Group (IWG), which will coordinate industry-wide exploration, share knowledge and identify regulatory and legal challenges. Read more.
On the eve of federal SNAP benefits hitting people’s accounts, Louisiana is jumping in to fill the gap for the 1 in 5 state residents who use the program, but only for some of them.
I have lived over half of my life in Maine and I am lucky. I have always been employed and had health insurance through my employers. I have never had to worry about paying for health care my family needs. We have never experienced food insecurity or had to choose what bills to pay to [.].
In nominating Maine native Joshua Dunlap for the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Sen. Susan Collins has made an outstanding choice. As Josh’s former law partner, I know first-hand of his superb qualifications: his intelligence, thoughtfulness, humility and love of the law and the constitution are exceptional. He will work vigorously for the impartial [.].
UNH Poll: Majority of Vermonters support a Gov. Phil Scott reelection campaign
Florida Democrats in the Legislature are imploring Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency and use state money to buy food and direct it to food pantries as nearly 3 million people lose access to a federal food assistance program. The post Democratic Lawmakers Urge DeSantis To Declare Emergency and Buy Supplies for Food Pantries appeared first on FlaglerLive.
More than a quarter-million New Yorkers have already cast ballots in the 2025 NYC mayoral general election and most of them appear to be Democrats and/or older, according to an amNewYork analysis of unofficial early voting data. That would seem to provide good news for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a 67-year-old registered Democrat. Read More.