More guns, less butter: How massive federal funding increases for ICE are costing us all

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and SNAP, our country’s core basic needs programs. These cuts paid primarily for two things: 1) a tax package that gives the biggest tax cuts to the nation’s wealthiest, and 2) an extreme spending increase on immigration enforcement.

Federal Freeze of Child Care, TANF, other social service funding could leave Minnesotans and their families in the cold

On January 6, 2026, the Trump administration froze billions of dollars in federal funding for child care and social services… Continue reading Federal Freeze of Child Care, TANF, other social service funding could leave Minnesotans and their families in the cold