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Feeding America warns that the megabill’s proposed cuts to SNAP are the same as cutting 6-9 billion meals annually. That’s roughly the same number of meals Feeding America’s food bank network provided last year. feedingamerica.org/about-us/press…

Wild day of whipping is underway -- latest from Meredith Lee Hill Nicholas Wu: --Mods at WH now; HFC expected later --Talks focused on what can be done OUTSIDE the bill --Attendance still a concern, but Rep. Joyce Beatty spotted for first time in weeks! politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

House Ag Chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.): No changes expected to Senate's SNAP plan Pushed back on claim that last-minute Alaska-focused tweak will disincentivize states to lower error rates "Whenever the deadline comes, they're going to be paying big time"

A list of items that could potentially be more expensive under tariff deal with Vietnam: --apple-bottom jeans --boots with fur --baggy sweatpants --Reeboks with straps

Kraft Heinz is recalling more than 360,000 lbs of cooked turkey bacon sold under the Oscar Mayer brand name due to possible listeria contamination per USDA. fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts…

‘We’re the frontline of defense’: Food banks grapple with megabill’s impact ow.ly/k5WJ106eVxI

NEW from Marcia Brown: Food banks say they are wholly unprepared to feed millions of Americans when Republicans' cuts to traditional federal safety net programs take effect. Read more👇 politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

NEW: The GOP delivered Trump a “big, beautiful” legislative win. They’re fretting Medicaid and SNAP cuts could lead to some ugly electoral losses. “You would be foolish not to worry about it,” said a GOP senator. w/Andrew Howard Elena Schneider POLITICO politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

We’re taking POLITICO to arbitration this week for its unethical use of AI and we’re asking for your support! bit.ly/PENGuild

Plant-based meat sales are down in the US, but they're on track to grow for a third straight year in Europe: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

I wrote about a very 2025 DC dillemma: An Elderly Lawmaker’s Staff Keeps Walking Back Things She Tells Reporters. Should They Keep Quoting Her? politi.co/4eHIHPq

NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

Ag secretary says able-bodied Medicaid recipients should replace immigrant farm workforce ow.ly/fm96106f9hH

USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins vows "no amnesty" for immigrant farm workers from Trump administration's mass deportations. She also said Medicaid recipients who will have to meet new work requirements under the GOP reconciliation package can do the work. politico.com/live-updates/2…

Incredible reporting from my friend Greg Svirnovskiy for POLITICO. politico.eu/article/belaru…

🚨 SCOTUS allows federal agencies to move forward with mass firings. This has huge implications, including for USDA. via Josh Gerstein and Hassan Ali Kanu politico.com/news/2025/07/0…