Trump law will cut food stamps for 2.4 million people as work rules widen

Parents of teens, adults up to 64 years old and veterans must work, volunteer or train to keep benefits, CBO finds

Republican-led cuts to public assistance programs - carried out at the behest of Donald Trump's administration - will lead to 2.4 million fewer Americans receiving food stamps, among them families with children, the non-partisan congressional budget office (CBO) has found.

The estimate, published Monday, forecast that the number of people receiving food stamp benefits in an average month would drop after Republican lawmakers expanded work requirements to some parents, older enrollees and others.