House speaker says emergency Snap food aid funding not easy to do as millions lose benefit while shutdown drags on – US politics live

Mike Johnson defends lack of action after judges order contingency funds to be used to pay Snap recipients; US government shutdown nears record for longest in historyLooking ahead, on Wednesday, the supreme court will hear arguments on whether Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries are legal. It’s set to be one of the most consequential rulings on the expanse of Trump’s presidential power in his second term.My colleague, Eduardo Porter, has this helpful breakdown on the question at the heart of this case. A dozen states have challenged the president’s contention that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 gives him the power to impose tariffs on imports from every country in the world to defend the nation from a several “threats” facing the US.Justices will focus much of their attention on whether IEEPA authorizes the president to levy a tariff – a word that is not