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Joe Hernandez

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Joe Hernandez

    Egg prices have tumbled since Trump returned to office. Here's why (opens the original)

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    President Trump has repeatedly boasted about bringing down egg prices during his second term. He's often blamed former President Joe Biden for the recent high costs American consumers were paying for the dietary staple, claiming it was his return to office that finally put an end to runaway egg prices. It's true that the price of eggs has declined by more than half over the course of Trump's second term. According to federal data, the average cost of a dozen eggs when he took office in January 2

  2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Joe Hernandez

    Will Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts say (opens the original)

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    On Friday, President Trump announced a plan to temporarily lower tariff rates on some imported ground beef in hopes of reducing the price of the American dietary standby. Trump said in a post on social media that the U.S. would "allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff. We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices." The announcement, which rankled some U.S. ranchers and Republican lawmakers

  3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Joe Hernandez

    Why more than 400,000 kids are on waitlists for federal childcare assistance (opens the original)

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    For low-income working families in the United States, the federal government offers financial aid to help pay for childcare. That is, if families can get off the waitlist for it. In the second half of last year, there were an estimated 400,000 children on waitlists for childcare assistance programs across the U.S., according to a report by the National Women's Law Center released in May. That's nearly the size of the population of Minneapolis. That figure has more than tripled over the past two

  4. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Joe Hernandez

    The White House pushes healthy eating. It cut a landmark nutrition education program (opens the original)

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    PHILADELPHIA — Wholesome eating is a central part of the Trump administration's efforts to Make America Healthy Again. But a landmark nutrition education program for recipients of federal food assistance and other low-income people will cease to exist within weeks after President Trump eliminated it last summer when he signed a massive Republican spending and tax bill. For decades, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program, known as SN

  5. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Joe Hernandez

    What Texans need to know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak spreading across the U.S. (opens the original)

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    A large number of cases of intestinal illness that causes diarrhea, nausea and fatigue have been detected in 34 states, according to federal health authorities, but the source is still under investigation. As of Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had received reports of 1,645 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, the gastrointestinal affliction caused by the parasite Cyclospora. But the true number of infections is likely much higher, because that figure only represents

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