Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell of Washington, D.C., called a Trump administration plan to end food stamps for 700,000 Americans “arbitrary and capricious,” especially in light of a pandemic that has caused unemployment to quadruple.
The Trump administration had originally sought to eliminate food stamps for able-bodied adults with no dependents.
Host Peter O’Dowd talks with Ed Bolen, senior policy analyst at the nonprofit Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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