MATTHEW RICE

MATTHEW RICE

Washington, D.C.
Matthew Rice is the Washington Correspondent of The New York Sun.

Mr. Rice, based in the nation’s capital, covers current events in politics.

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Vance Insists Democrats Will Get Nothing Out of Shutdown Strategy as Food Stamps Cliff Nears

With Congress out of session, it is all but certain that the food stamps program will run out of money for the first time in history on Saturday.

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Politics

MAGA Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene To Wrangle With Liberal Ladies of ABC’s ‘The View’ Next Week

The Georgia congresswoman is complaining that lawmakers are not returning to Washington to do their work.

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Politics

Democrats Press Republicans To Unlock Food Stamps Funds, Vote on Bipartisan SNAP Bill Before 40 Million Lose Benefits

The opposition party is demanding that the secretary of agriculture use money appropriated by Congress, as well as the president’s tariff revenue, to keep children fed.

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Politics

Senate Votes To Rein in Trump Tariffs Doomed To Die in House Under New Rules Adopted by Speaker Johnson

House Republicans amended chamber rules earlier this year to block lawmakers from challenging the president’s tariff authority.

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Politics

Virginia Democrats Unveil Proposed Constitutional Amendment Allowing Them To Temporarily Redraw Congressional Maps

It appears Democrats are poised to hand their party two or three additional seats in the race for the U.S. House majority next year.

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Politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Ramps Up Her Criticism of GOP Leadership for Ignoring Pending Spike in Health Insurance Costs 

Some senators seem to feel the same as Greene, with one saying that this fight mirrors the ‘secret health care plan’ joke of 2017.

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