Over four million Americans have lost their food aid since last July as the Trump administration enforces stringent mandates under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Preliminary data reveals an 11 per cent drop in SNAP enrolment by April, stripping support from roughly five million vulnerable people each month.
The news came after the White House pushed the sprawling tax and spending package, radically overhauling eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme. Officials framed the sweeping cuts as a necessary measure to trim a supposedly bloated system that had strayed from providing temporary help.
