Overview

• More than 20 stars including Scarlett Johansson, Zayn Malik and Sheryl Crow signed a Feeding America letter urging Congress to reject cuts to SNAP and Medicaid funding.
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, approved by the House, would remove 9.5 billion meals a year through SNAP and push hundreds of thousands of people off Medicaid.
• The Senate is expected to vote on the bill in the coming days, deciding the fate of proposed cuts to food assistance and health care programs.
• The Senate parliamentarian ruled that shifting some food stamp costs to states would violate chamber rules, casting doubt on that provision.
• Celebrities shared personal experiences with food insecurity to highlight that 15.5 million children and 7.2 million seniors rely on SNAP and Medicaid to make ends meet.