So this weekend, millions of Americans are facing real uncertainty as the government shutdown continues and their SNAP benefits sit in legal limbo, adding insult to injury. The US Department of Agriculture sent this warning out to retailers just before SNAP funding ran uh ran out yesterday, urging them not to treat SNAP customers differently than other customers. It says in part, "You must offer eligible food at the same prices and on the same terms and conditions to SNAP EBT customers as other customers." ...

The country’s welfare system creates not only bureaucratic headaches but perverse incentives. The jury remains out on whether Friedrich Merz has the zeal for reform https://t.co/ouviE41wPr ...

Getting a grip on the country’s welfare system was meant to sit at the heart of Friedrich Merz’s promised system of reform. But so far the results are meagre https://t.co/9drxn2uWrV ...