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Scammers Keep Stealing Food Stamps. New Cards Might Stop Them.

New York is joining the small group of states switching to chip-and-pin cards to evade skimming devices that siphon money for food from low-income people.

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Food Prices Keep Climbing, Rattling Consumers and Trump

Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy

The president cited misleading statistics to insist, wrongly, that prices were coming down.

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As Prices Increase From Tariffs, Trump Administration Goes on the Defensive About Affordability

The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.

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