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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP payments after some states quickly paid the food benefits
Politics

Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP payments after some states quickly paid the food benefits

By David A. Lieb, Michael Casey, Scott Bauer, Mike Catalini and The Associated Press
November 8, 2025
Denmark’s renowned safety net turns into a political battleground as AI and algorithms target welfare recipients
Tech

Denmark’s renowned safety net turns into a political battleground as AI and algorithms target welfare recipients

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November 13, 2024
Brett Favre testifies in front of a House committee
Health

Brett Favre reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis during hearing on welfare funds scandal

By Dave Smith, Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
September 24, 2024
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Politics

U.K.’s Rishi Sunak wants to reform disability benefits by ending ‘sick note culture’ that ‘overmedicalizes everyday challenges’

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April 25, 2024
Ken Paxton
Politics

Texas AG sues to halt a guaranteed income program, calling it a ‘socialist experiment’

By Juan Lozano and The Associated Press
April 9, 2024
Swiss voters back boosting pensions—something they hadn’t done in 176 years—as high cost of living takes toll
Finance

Swiss voters back boosting pensions—something they hadn’t done in 176 years—as high cost of living takes toll

By Bastian Benrath and Bloomberg
March 3, 2024
14 Republican states rejected $40 per month for poor families from the federal government. Here’s why
Politics

14 Republican states rejected $40 per month for poor families from the federal government. Here’s why

By Jonathan Mattise, Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
February 16, 2024
Brett Favre
Politics

Mississippi is still trying to get Brett Favre to repay nearly $730,000 in welfare funds that he used on a volleyball arena

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
February 6, 2024
Brett Favre will testify in Mississippi case over misspent welfare money, including $5m that helped fund a volleyball arena that the NFL star supported
Finance

Brett Favre will testify in Mississippi case over misspent welfare money, including $5m that helped fund a volleyball arena that the NFL star supported

By Michael Goldberg and The Associated Press
October 5, 2023
Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty says she’s a better leader because of her mom and grandma: ‘Watching them get better jobs to get us off food stamps taught me hard work’
Conferences

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty says she’s a better leader because of her mom and grandma: ‘Watching them get better jobs to get us off food stamps taught me hard work’

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May 17, 2023
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre would like to be removed as a defendant in a civil trial over millions of misspent welfare money
Lifestyle

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre would like to be removed as a defendant in a civil trial over millions of misspent welfare money

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
May 17, 2023
Brett Favre
Politics

Brett Favre just dropped his lawsuit against Pat McAfee for saying he was ‘stealing from poor people in Mississippi’

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
May 11, 2023
Brett Favre
Success

Mississippi lawyers urge judge to ignore Brett Favre’s ‘diatribe’ over his multimillion-dollar welfare fraud scandal

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
March 20, 2023
Brett Favre
Politics

‘It’s shameful and disgusting’: Mississippi cuts welfare to the poor nearly 90% while sending it to Brett Favre and other connected players

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
January 3, 2023
Brett Favre pushes to be removed from $20 million Mississippi welfare corruption lawsuit
Finance

Brett Favre pushes to be removed from $20 million Mississippi welfare corruption lawsuit

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
November 29, 2022

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