The Trump administration has ordered states to stop distributing benefits to 42 million food insecure Americans, including critical nutrition and aid to the Women, Infants and Children program.

President says US will prioritise white South Africans in move decried by refugee advocates as blatantly political.

Refugee advocates are considering litigation after President Trump moved to cut refugee figures to their lowest level in history while favoring admissions for white South Africans. Trump last week

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to intervene on an emergency basis Friday night to block the transfer of $4 billion in food-aid funds for needy Americans.

The Trump administration is slashing refugee admissions down to 7,500 in the upcoming year, reserving the bulk of slots for white South Africans.

Rep. Greg Meeks PHOTO COURTESY OF STJOHNS.EDU “A complex reality” is being overlooked by President Donald Trump, with his Friday proposal to send the U.S.

President Donald Trump ’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.