Joining us now, we've got Megan Hayes, former special assistant to President Biden and Mora Glasby, founder of Blue Stack Strategies and previous adviser to former House Speaker John Boehner. Megan, I want to start with you. Why did the administration wait until being told by a court that they needed to do the SNAP funding, saying that they need legal guidance when they've already moved money around to pay for other things, including apparently this private donation they're saying is going to help pay the m ...

Joining us next is former US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibilia. Secretary, it's nice to see you. I don't believe we've spoken since the last time you were uh in office.Uh I want to ask you about the other big factor, we're just talking about food and SNAP benefits, but the other thing that's stressing out already stressed out American families is open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act kicks in today for millions of recipients who are now facing the largest increase in cost since t ...

Joining us now is Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. She's a member of the judiciary and oversight committees. Uh Congresswoman, I want to ask you first of all, thank you for coming on. There's rumblings of discussions uh to reopen the government. Maybe small gangs of senators are reportedly working uh to find a way out, but of course, Senate Majority Leader John Thun said he won't discuss any uh affordable care act changes until the government is open. What have you heard? And is there a possibility of ...

We're here outside a food bank in Los Angeles. You can see the long line of people here right now that are lining up to get food assistance. This is what we've seen across LA and across the country as the government shutdown has put SNAP benefits in jeopardy for 42 million Americans.On Friday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute payments as soon as possible. President Trump said that he's going to ask the court how the government can legally fund that program during the shutdown. ...

National Guard Deployment & Legal Challenges - The Pentagon has ordered the training of over 23,000 National Guard troops for civil unrest missions nationwide [1] - National Guard deployments have occurred in five US cities, sparking legal challenges from Democratic governors [3] - A federal judge is set to rule on the constitutionality of troop deployment in Portland, Oregon, with a likely appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [4] - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is reconsidering the deployment of the National Guard to Oregon [11] Insurrection Act & Presidential Authority - The president is signaling a potential workaround by invoking the Insurrection Act [4] - The president's insistence on normalizing the use of the US military on American streets is viewed as unusual and potentially unconstitutional [7][8] - Democratic attorneys general are prepared to challenge any presidential workaround in court to uphold American values [9] - Concerns exist that the president may invoke the Insurrection Act if legal challenges to troop deployments fail [18][19] Food Emergency & SNAP Benefits - Oregon's governor declared a food emergency, directing $5 million to food banks due to federal shutdown cuts to SNAP benefits [23] - 177% of Oregon's population relies on SNAP benefits, according to USDA numbers from 2024 [23] - Concerns are raised that the president may use the food emergency to disproportionately harm Democrats [24]

President Trump has the power to keep 42 million Americans on food assistance, but so far he's refusing to release the money. On Saturday, those Americans will lose food aid known as SNAP benefits because of the shutdown. The administration is basically saying their hands are tied and there's nothing they can do about it. But that's not true. We know because Trump funded these benefits in a previous shutdown during his first term. In that shutdown, his administration took money from an expired government fu ...

Food security is so important and vital for everyone. For the president to say that these are Democrats that it affects. Uh all our data shows that more people that are Republicans in red states in red rural counties are more SNAP recipients than anywhere else.But it doesn't matter. Everyone needs to eat. And if we have all paid federal tax dollars out of our paychecks, out of our corporate taxes, all of these go to the federal government.They've already been funded. He just has to press the button to make ...

with something that matters um whether Donald Trump wants you to know about it or not. Uh food assistance in the United States is now about to expire tonight because of a government shutdown. And while this is not the first time we've heard parties blame each other for the shutdown and this has happened before, Donald Trump is not uniquely unprecedented in presiding over one.It is a fact that the Republicans control the White House and Congress. And it's also a fact that Donald Trump promised above all else ...

To his first about the ruling from these two judges today and the extent to which SNAP benefits will be or not be made whole on this government shutdown. I mean, we have to start off that. We need to get here.Right. You shouldn't need to have to sue the administration to do its job. You know, national organizations and advocates have been calling for USDA to issue these contingency research funding.And we are thrilled at what both judges, both in the Massachusetts and Rhode Island. But the two separate laws ...

Let's talk about a legit crisis that's about to happen here in America. More than 40 million Americans are about to lose federal food assistance. 40 million.Losing money they get for groceries because of the government shutdown. Now, you've probably heard a lot about SNAP recently. It's an acronym for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, [music] the largest anti-hunger program in this country.There's been a lot of misinformation going around about those who receive SNAP benefits. So, here are the ...