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Food stamp fraud crackdown at USDA would end loophole that lets Ferrari, Lamborghini owners get benefits
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ramping up efforts to crack down on food stamp fraud nationwide, targeting what officials say is a loophole allowing some wealthy individuals to qualify for government benefits.
Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on X this week that a single state has 14,000 individuals on SNAP benefits who also drive luxury vehicles like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis.
She warned fraudsters the USDA is working to close a loophole under the Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility policy used to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits despite having the financial means to purchase cars for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Rollins told Fox Business this week that the department is «getting very, very close to being able to fix that» loophole.
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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says changes are coming to the food stamps program. (Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters/iStock)
SNAP, the largest federal anti-hunger program in the United States, has long been a target of conservatives pushing for reforms, and Rollins spoke to «The Ingraham Angle» on Thursday night to shed light on just how widespread some of the issues are.
«We’ve found 500,000 people getting more than one benefit illegally, we found 244,000 dead people — this is just the red states,» Rollins said about what she’s discovered going through the data from the states that have agreed to provide it since her first day on the job.
«We have arrested 895 different people in the last year for illegally using the food stamp system and, of course, now we’re talking about what is happening with that money,» she added.
USDA data shows 4.2 million fewer food stamp recipients during President Trump’s first year in office as the administration continues to crack down amid reports from all across the country that food stamps are being misused.
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A We Accept Food Stamps sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«Food stamp waste and fraud is out of control,» Republican congressional candidate in Orange County and CAL DOGE Director Jenny Rae Le Roux told Fox News Digital. «California alone loses nearly $14M every day from SNAP to EBT skimming, out of state and country beneficiaries, and eligibility lapses – at a time when technology exists to close every gap, quickly.»
In March, Fox News Digital reported on a Minnesota man, Rob Undersander, who said that despite being a millionaire, he was able to qualify for food stamps. Undersander has been sounding the alarm on the issue ever since and has testified on the issue in Minnesota and before Congress.
«Reintroducing basic guardrails like an asset test is a common-sense step to restore integrity, ensure benefits go to those who truly need them and protect the long-term viability of the program,» America First Policy Institute Health & Harvest Campaign Director Matt Schmid said in March. «This isn’t about taking help away. It’s about making sure SNAP works the way it was intended to.»
Additionally, USDA issued a press release on Thursday outlining the «reorganization» plan Rollins has within the SNAP program, which includes moving the food nutrition resources and staff out of Washington, D.C. to other cities like Indianapolis, Dallas, Denver and Kansas City.
A USDA spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday the announcement «aligns with the Food and Nutrition Administration’s mission, to nourish those in need through financially sound programs that promote health and work, as well as champion the productivity of American agriculture.»
«As the Food and Nutrition Administration begins its refocusing of operations, all 16 federal nutrition programs will continue without disruption. Pertaining to Indianapolis, it has a lower cost of living, one of the top airports in the country, and has excelled at innovative program delivery.»
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Ultimately, the administration says the reforms will end up helping the people who depend on the assistance the most.
«Since its inception, SNAP has helped our most vulnerable citizens afford the essential and nutritious food they need,» Rollins and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in a Fox News op-ed in March. «At least, that is what the program is supposed to do.»
«Over time, however, SNAP has been taken advantage of, allowing many to game the system and leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without healthy, nutrient-dense food options.»
Fox News Digital’s Katelyn Caralle contributed to this report.
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De la revolución industrial a la IA: el recorrido de los papas ante grandes transformaciones sociales y tecnológicas
El papa León XIV publicará este lunes su primera encíclica, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnífica Humanidad”), un documento centrado en las cuestiones éticas que plantea la inteligencia artificial, en línea con una larga tradición de pontífices que fijaron posición ante transformaciones científicas, sociales y tecnológicas.
La encíclica será la primera de su pontificado, una suerte de manifiesto con el que los papas suelen pronunciarse sobre grandes temas de su tiempo.
Con este texto, León XIV se sumará a una tradición que atraviesa más de un siglo y en la que distintos pontífices intervinieron frente a cambios de gran impacto, desde la Revolución Industrial hasta la expansión de internet y las redes sociales.
La primera gran respuesta estructurada de la Iglesia ante una transformación tecnológica llegó a fines del siglo XIX. En 1891, en plena Revolución Industrial, León XIII publicó la encíclica Rerum Novarum (“De las cosas nuevas”).
Frente a la urbanización acelerada, el crecimiento de las fábricas y la precariedad creciente del proletariado, el papa buscó proponer un camino entre el capitalismo liberal y el socialismo revolucionario. El documento defendió tanto la propiedad privada como los derechos de los trabajadores, en particular su capacidad de organizarse colectivamente. La encíclica sentó además las bases de una doctrina social católica construida sobre principios como la dignidad de la persona, la solidaridad y el bien común.
Poco después de su elección en mayo de 2025, León XIV explicó que eligió su nombre en referencia a León XIII y a esa doctrina. Su nueva encíclica, además, fue firmada el 15 de mayo, exactamente 135 años después de Rerum Novarum.
En el siglo XX, la Iglesia enfrentó otra revolución: el auge de los medios de comunicación masivos. A mediados del siglo pasado, la expansión de la prensa, la radio, el cine y la televisión transformó profundamente la circulación de la información.
En ese contexto, el Concilio Vaticano II (1962-1965), una etapa de reformas y apertura dentro de la Iglesia, adoptó en 1963 el decreto Inter Mirifica (“Entre las cosas maravillosas”). Por primera vez, esos nuevos medios fueron considerados una cuestión central de la vida social y cultural. La Iglesia reconoció su papel en la formación de la opinión pública y reclamó un uso responsable, tanto por parte de quienes producen contenidos como de las audiencias.
El texto insistió además en la necesidad de contar con información confiable y completa, y pidió evitar cualquier “daño espiritual”.
Ese documento marcó un cambio importante dentro del Vaticano: en lugar de mantenerse a distancia, la Iglesia optó por involucrarse en esos nuevos espacios y alentó, entre otras iniciativas, la creación de medios católicos.
Ese mismo año, otro escenario de crisis global llevó al papado a pronunciarse sobre la amenaza nuclear.
Publicada en abril de 1963, pocos meses después de la Crisis de los Misiles en Cuba de octubre de 1962, la encíclica Pacem in Terris (“Paz en la Tierra”), de Juan XXIII, apareció en un momento en que el mundo estaba al borde de una guerra nuclear.
En nombre de la “justicia… la recta razón y la consideración de la dignidad y de la vida humanas”, el pontífice pidió el fin de la carrera armamentista entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética. El documento sostuvo además que “las armas nucleares deben ser prohibidas. Debe alcanzarse un acuerdo general sobre un programa adecuado de desarme, con un sistema eficaz de control mutuo”.
Décadas más tarde, la informática e internet abrieron una nueva etapa de transformación.
Desde la década de 1990, la digitalización de los intercambios y la aparición de una esfera pública global marcaron una nueva fase, en la que el Vaticano volvió a intervenir. Juan Pablo II consideró internet un medio inédito de comunicación y difusión. La Iglesia alentó una presencia activa en línea, aunque al mismo tiempo pidió un uso responsable.
Benedicto XVI profundizó esa reflexión y subrayó riesgos propios del mundo digital, como la fragmentación de las relaciones, el predominio de la inmediatez y la dificultad para distinguir información confiable.
Con el auge de las redes sociales, el Vaticano también advirtió sobre la polarización del debate y la difusión de contenidos engañosos, especialmente durante el pontificado de Francisco (2013-2025).
Con la encíclica Laudato Si’ (“Alabado seas”), publicada en 2015, el papa argentino también criticó los excesos de un modelo tecnocrático y económico considerado responsable de la crisis ecológica.
Con Magnifica Humanitas, León XIV volverá a fijar posición sobre una transformación tecnológica de alcance global, esta vez centrada en las cuestiones éticas que plantea la inteligencia artificial, en continuidad con una tradición papal de intervención ante los grandes cambios de cada época.
(Con información de AFP)
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Bishop Barron blasts Catholic left for ‘demonization’ of Trump amid child trafficking crisis
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EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Robert Barron said he has been urging Catholics on the left to stop the «demonization» of the Trump administration, even when it comes to highly contentious issues such as immigration and border security.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Barron, arguably the most prominent Catholic prelate in America, said that despite criticism within the church of the administration’s immigration policy, «there are darn good reasons, moral reasons, for being concerned about an open border.»
«I don’t think it’s fair to say to a conservative, to a Republican, you’re just being difficult and anti-humanitarian,» he said, adding that «at times, the Catholic left is great for calling for dialogue and bridge-building — until it comes to conservatives.»
He said that for many Catholics on the left, «when it comes to conservatives, just tell them what they should be doing and saying.»
«No, no, let’s build bridges of conversation. That’s a role the Church can play,» he said. «What I don’t want from the church is a kind of demonization of the Trump administration.»
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Bishop Robert Barron said the reality of human trafficking of children and «the disappearance of children we’ve lost track of completely in this process» are «moral reasons» for stricter border security. (Texas DPS; Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«If there are points of disagreement, whether it’s immigration or it’s the [Iran] war or whatever, let’s talk about it, let’s talk.»
Barron said he has been trying to encourage dialogue on both the immigration and Iran issues. Though he admitted he has «not always met with success, frankly, from the ecclesial side.»
Despite this, Barron said he «would like those conversations to continue.»
The bishop revealed he was deeply moved by a passionate appeal for stricter border security from border czar Tom Homan during a recent White House call. He said he was participating in it as part of his work on President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission.
Barron said Homan, who he noted is a Catholic, «spoke with great passion… and he said he’s come out of retirement twice to engage this issue.»
«Why? He said that because he’s seen the terrible destruction caused by an open border. And he was talking about, especially human trafficking, the human trafficking of children, the disappearance of children we’ve lost track of completely in this process.»
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White House border czar Tom Homan holds a press conference along the border wall between San Diego, Calif., and Tijuana, Mexico, on Dec. 13, 2025, to announce increased security on the southwest border. (Reuters/Mike Blake)
«He was saying, we can’t simply fall for the simplistic view that an open border is humanitarian, that an open border is kind to the stranger… an open border also produces enormous moral problems,» said Barron.
«You could tell that it was affecting him very deeply, very personally,» he said. «I found that very moving.»
«It’s not just, well, the bad guy, Republicans, who want to enforce immigration laws. It’s Republicans for very good moral reasons who want to enforce immigration law,» he said.
At the same time, Barron emphasized that there are «values on both sides» of the debate.
He said that even through Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV, he has encouraged real dialogue and conversation between the Vatican and Washington. He said he has met with «a lot of Catholics inside the Trump administration who are interested in bringing the church’s teaching to bear.»
EXCLUSIVE: CATHOLIC BISHOPS CHIDED FOR SOWING ‘CONFUSION’ ON DEPORTATION STANCE
Pope Leo XIV met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Vatican City; Rubio has been lauded by President Donald Trump as someone who is able to bridge gaps in diplomatic relations unlike any other. (Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
He posited that «part of the problem in the Trump-pope battle was that the president was treating the pope too much as a politician.»
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«Popes, I think, are supposed to use the moral structure of the church’s teaching to move prudential judgment in the right direction,» he explained. «Now what’s a president’s responsibility? His responsibility is to make those prudential judgments.«
«Now here’s what I recommend: I think the leading Catholics inside the Trump administration, I mean people like JD Vance, like Marco Rubio, like Brian Burch, the [Vatican] ambassador, should sit down with their counterparts in the Vatican and they should have a real conversation about this.
«The church provides a moral framework. Terrific. Now, let’s have a real conversation with those whose job it is to make that decision but have it conditioned by this moral framework, that would be more fruitful.»
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