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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'It makes you angry:' LGBTQ+ food pantries prepare for end of SNAP benefits
As SNAP runs out of money, LGBTQ+ community centers and nonprofits are feeding people when the government won't.
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October 31, 2025
Maine Gov. Janet Mills hits back after Trump sues state for transgender sports policies
The Trump Administration is suing Maine for allowing trans girls to participate in girls sports, but Gov. Mills says this "has never been about the protection of women and girls."
April 16, 2025
Trump's USDA Supports Anti-LGBT Religious Exemption
The USDA website supports allowing religious freedom as a means to discriminate against LGBT people.
November 9, 2017
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22 GOP Attorneys General Sue USDA Over LGBTQ+ Non-Discrimination
The Republican attorneys general are suing the Biden-Harris administration for enforcing antidiscrimination policies in its school lunch program.
July 28, 2022
USDA website blames SNAP benefits expiring on trans people, immigrants amid shutdown
The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1 due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.
October 27, 2025
The huge banner of a glaring Trump in front of the USDA is a literal sign the U.S. has lost its democracy
Opinion: When public spaces glorify the ruler, dissent is silenced, and history is rewritten, it's the end of America as we knew it, writes John Casey.
May 16, 2025
GOP Senator Considers Blocking School Meal Funding Over LGBTQ+ Rights
Sen. Roger Marshall said he may obstruct the funds due to new guidance by the Biden administration that bans LGBTQ+ discrimination in programs receiving federal nutrition funds.
June 23, 2022
Maine Gov. Janet Mills beats Donald Trump, gets school meal funds restored while defending trans kids
She said she would see him in court. She did. She won.
May 5, 2025
Maine sues Trump administration for funding freeze over policy on transgender student athletes
Maine's attorney general says the Trump administration is withholding funds crucial for feeding school children and adults with disabilities.
April 8, 2025
Trump officials kill federal research on safer period products over mention of transgender men
The study is meant to improve health during menstruation.
March 10, 2025
Trump Nominee Sam Clovis Links Marriage Equality to Pedophilia
And he's a birther and a climate change denier, yet he's nominated to be the Department of Agriculture's top scientist.
August 21, 2017
How the government shutdown is affecting LGBTQ+ people — and what bad legislation is upcoming
Our community is suffering from the shutdown and has fights ahead.
November 7, 2025
Justice Dept. pulls 'nonessential' funds from Maine prison system over trans inmate housed with women
Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement on Fox & Friends.
April 8, 2025
Russia Probe Sinks Anti-LGBT Trump Nom for Chief Agriculture Scientist
Sam Clovis has withdrawn from consideration for the position because of connections to the alleged Trump-Russia collusion, but he'll still have a senior position at the Department of Agriculture.
November 2, 2017
A Celebrity Craze for the Masses
A former celebrity craze has become available to anyone with a refrigerator.
November 5, 2013
Supreme Court restores voting privileges of censured anti-trans Maine Republican lawmaker
Rep. Laurel Libby can speak and vote in the Maine House while her lawsuit proceeds.
May 20, 2025
How 11 Competitive AG Races Could Shape LGBTQ+, Abortion Rights
Republican attorneys general have been at the forefront of legal battles with President Joe Biden's administration.
October 31, 2022
Musk might be on his way out, but what happens to all the destruction he wrought on the federal government?
Opinion: Musk dug a hole for himself and plunged the United States into a chasm of inefficiency and discord, writes John Casey.
April 3, 2025
Pattie Gonia takes drag and fierceness to Capitol Hill to voice environmental concerns
The performer and environmental activist led a rally and march in Washington, D.C., and met with key lawmakers to push for enhanced protections for mature and old-growth forests.
April 22, 2024