How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
October 31, 2025
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Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
The Republican's LGBTQ+ rights record is not great.
A state proposal to bar gays from adopting is likely to die as legislative leaders focus on Ohio's lagging economy, a top house aide in Columbus said.
As debate over the issue flares in several states, a major adoption institute says in a new report that it strongly supports the rights of gays and lesbians to adopt and urges that remaining obstacles be removed.
Ohio has passed both a law and a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, but that hasn't stopped the GOP from trying to stir up antigay sentiment in order to keep its four-seat advantage in the state house of representatives.