Low-wage workers reeling over Trump’s looming Snap cuts as food prices rise

Experts predict changes to food stamps' program affecting millions of Americans will cause poverty and hunger to rise

Poverty and hunger will rise as a result of the Trump administration's unprecedented cuts to the US federal food stamps" program, according to experts. Low-income workers who rely on the aid are braced for dire consequences.

Katie Giede, a single mother and waitress in Conyers, Georgia, is one of the 42 million Americans who use the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap). Even with the maximum benefit permitted, she struggles to afford food for her and her child.