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President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" cuts social safety net programs like SNAP to rein in government spending.

Oregon will see rising rates of hunger and costly administrative backlogs due to the recently passed GOP megabill that cuts ...

GOP-backed plan permits a two-year delay in the implementation of cost-sharing policy for states with high error payment ...

A main provision of the bill would make most of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent. Independent reports show those tax breaks ...

Local food banks may face more challenges in meeting low-income families’ needs for food as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program faces cuts to its program. The program, commonly called SNAP, ...

At least, that was the logic Monday. By making error-prone states pay more, Republicans said they wanted to nudge states to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s members of Congress have been among those lobbying for changes in President Trump’s Big Beautiful ...

The USC Trojans 2025 schedule offers no shortage of challenges for their second year in the Big Ten Conference, with crucial matchups like Michigan, Notre Dame and Oregon that could define USC’s ...

The Oregon Ducks got upset by the Utah Valley Wolverines 6-5 on Friday night in front of a rowdy PK Park crowd. The game was not without controversy as Ducks' o ...

It should be Oregon, not Idaho, leading the way, because every dollar SNAP spends should be a down payment on health, not hardship.