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The Associated Press Senate Passes Farm Bill With Minor Cuts to Food StampsAlaska Public Radio NetworkThe United States Senate passed a massive Farm Bill Thursday afternoon. The five year plan cuts long-sacrosanct direct payments to farmers and ends other …Food Stamp FiascoWall Street JournalSenate Cuts Farm Subsidies, Food Stamps Spared In Farm BillWOWTFood stamps, crop…

Columbia Missourian GUEST COMMENTARY: Another counterproductive assault on food …Columbia MissourianHouse Republicans are pushing ahead with another mean-spirited plan to worsen hunger and cut jobs.and more » More: continued here

The County Why the Trump administration won't let Maine ban soda and candy from food stampsWashington PostMomentum is building for new food stamp restrictions that would ban the purchase of candy and soda. This week, however, the Trump administration denied a request from the state of Maine that would have placed such restrictions on its…

Some 37.9 million people — one in eight Americans — received food stamps to help buy food at latest count, the government said on Tuesday as enrollment set a record for the ninth month in a row. More: continued here

Stamps Scoffs At CircumcisionAllAfrica.comPRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's health advisor, Timothy Stamps, has rubbished claims that male circumcision reduces HIV and Aids prevalence rate at a time the country had embarked on a foreskin cutting crusade, ostensibly to lessen chances of contracting …and more » More: continued here

Southeast Farm Press Farm-Bill Conferees Consider Compromise Cut to Food StampsNational JournalAdding to the complexity is that some Democrats now argue that a $10 billion cut to food stamps would, in reality, represent only part of a larger reduction that is already taking place. They suggest that $11 billion in other savings over the next…