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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

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  Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate Daily Digest June 09, 2026 He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read story   Summer Member Drive: Join Us ProPublica exists because readers like you choose to fund it. Your donation ensures that the truth gets out, no matter who it challenges. Help keep investigative journalism strong, independent and accountable only to the truth. Donate to ProPublica     More From Our Newsroom   An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr. A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One Trump Administration Killed...

Top News | Trump SNAP Cuts Called 'Ticking Time Bomb' as Hunger Surges

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  Support independent journalism Without readers like you, we wouldn’t exist. DONATE Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Former Governors Call Trump SNAP Cuts a 'Ticking Time Bomb' as Hunger Surges "SNAP participation is already declining at alarming rates, with over 3.5 million people leaving" the program since the passage of the GOP budget law, the Democratic senators said. Several US senators who formerly served as their states’ governors on Tuesday warned that the cuts to food aid in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are a “ticking time bomb” for millions of Americans. In a joint statement , Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Angus King (I-Maine) drew on their experiences as governors to outline how the changes made to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) in the GOP’s 2025 budget law would soon handcuff state governments’ ability to deliver essential assistance. RECOMMENDED....