Speaking from Downing Street on Tuesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to promise “fair choices” in her 26 November Budget and address mounting speculation over tax rises. The Resolution Foundation says increases are inevitable, floating an income tax rise offset by a 2p cut to employee national insurance and an...
Facing court orders amid a shutdown, the Trump administration said it will restart SNAP but at roughly half the usual benefit, drawing on a $5 billion USDA contingency fund that falls short of the program’s $8 billion monthly cost. Officials warned the fund’s depletion leaves nothing for new November applicants...
Akita’s dazzling kanto festival masks a harsher reality: rigid gender roles pushing young women from rural Japan. Government data show Akita has Japan’s oldest population — 39% over 65 — and its lowest birth rate, while a survey finds 27% of young women want to leave their hometowns, versus 15%...
Americans report rising concern about a lingering shutdown and its toll on the economy, with a big majority saying Congress isn’t even trying to end it, a CBS News/YouGov poll finds. Worry is rising, especially among lower‑income respondents, and most disapprove of how congressional Democrats, Republicans and President Trump are...
On a tense Saturday in Springfield, shoppers trimmed their carts as federal courts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts ordered the Trump administration to keep SNAP funded through the shutdown, with a Rhode Island judge directing restoration as early as Monday. President Trump said emergency funds would flow but warned of...
In Washington, D.C., Maurice White, 75, and Renee DeVigne, 68, have spent decades caring for elders—12 in all, including White’s mother, Evelyn, who turned 104 in October and recently returned home after a stroke and rehab. Their story sits inside a national squeeze: longer lives, fewer children, and a caregiver...
At the Kia Forum in Inglewood, thousands queued for a drive-through food distribution as SNAP benefits lapsed on the first day of the month during a federal shutdown that began Oct. 1. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank loaded about 5,000 cars with roughly 40 meals each, while residents like...
Before dawn, cars lined up at NRG Stadium as the Houston Food Bank opened a drive-thru supersite to serve about 5,000 families with produce, frozen chicken and staples, amid anxiety over SNAP delays. The rush follows Agriculture Department warnings that SNAP funding could lapse during a government shutdown; a Rhode...
With open enrollment underway, Americans are bracing for steep Affordable Care Act premium increases tied to expiring tax credits. In Utah, Stacy Cox says her monthly bill could jump from $495 to $2,168 in 2026 without the subsidy, or to $754 even if it’s extended. In Virginia, Beth Dryer learned...
After the Oct. 1 federal shutdown, Louisiana moved to blunt the fallout: Gov. Jeff Landry will tap about $147 million in emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing temporarily for older residents, people with disabilities and households with children starting Saturday. The Trump administration says it will not issue November...
