North Carolina residents receiving food assistance through SNAP and WIC will continue to receive benefits through October, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. More than 1.4 million rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and approximately 262,000 women, infants, and children are supported by the WIC program.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens across the United States even as the federal government remains shut down. Despite the funding impasse driven by Democrat demands, ICE officers have carried out multiple operations targeting foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes, including child sexual assault, manslaughter, and domestic violence.
Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), will now also serve as CEO of the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department announced Monday. This dual appointment comes at a pivotal time, with the IRS facing a staffing crisis, looming regulatory deadlines, and the pressures of a government shutdown.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed reporters on day six of the ongoing government shutdown, calling out Democrats for what he described as misleading messaging. Johnson argued that Republicans are the ones actively working to fix the nation’s healthcare system, while Democrats are using the issue as a political distraction.
President Donald Trump on Saturday promised America’s men and women in uniform that they will receive “every last penny” of their pay once the government shutdown ends — even as thousands of military families face delayed checks and shuttered base services.
During an interview Friday on CNN’s The Lead, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) angrily dismissed Republican claims that Democrats’ spending proposal would expand healthcare access to illegal immigrants, calling the accusation “a lot of bull.”
