How Trump is making America hungrier

The Congressional Budget Office estimates more than 3 million people in the United States will likely be dropped from the accessing SNAP benefits. | Scott Heins/Getty Images

One of the most far-reaching cuts to federal programs in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is a provision that will largely shift the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to the states. Until now, the federal government has covered the full cost of SNAP benefits and half of the administrative costs.