The Trump administration suspended SNAP food benefits in the U.S.
today, the first time since the anti-hunger program began 60 years ago.
And so what is the plan to bring it back?
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The rising cost of electricity has sparked anger in New Jersey and Virginia,
and it's becoming a factor in next week's selections for governor.
And the frustration is sending a current through the country.
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Other historians have compared it to the Apollo missions of going to the moon.
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