Approximately 138,000 SNAP recipients were supposed to a 10% increase to their monthly benefit at the start of 2024.

More than 136,000 D.C. residents on SNAP were expected to get a 10% increase to their monthly benefit this month.

A day after finishing a week-long diet in which she attempted to eat no more than $30 worth of groceries, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) sponsored a resolution bemoaning planned federal cuts to food stamp programs.

As she predicted, an anti-hunger activist who put herself on a $30 food budget for the past week is feeling kind of lousy.