A massive crowd of New Yorkers from across the labor movement and allies march to demand the current administration to stop the federal cuts as right-wing politicians in Washington are moving forward ...

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...

Just as some of New York's best-paid workers began streaming from humbled investment banks, City Hall made an announcement regarding people at the other end of the economic spectrum. It reported that ...

The small group of experts who were laid off worked on the technical data essential to the guidelines, which help decide eligibility for programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and child care.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — Today’s Good Question is: Who sets the federal poverty level? The Department of Health and Human Services sets the federal poverty guidelines each year through the Federal ...

President Donald Trump's firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, health insurance, and the quiet cost of losing government help. A Wall Street ...

In 2025, the U.S. government has released updated income benchmarks that determine eligibility for various federal aid programs, including SNAP, Head Start, and the National School Lunch Program.

This one, about Virginia Democrat Bobby Scott demanding that HHS reinstate the federal poverty guidelines staff, is a little inside baseball. It’s not like cutting funding for cancer research or ...

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...