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Families slip into poverty after child tax credit expires

During the pandemic, lawmakers dramatically, but temporarily, expanded the social safety net, including more money for families with children. The impacts of those changes are still being felt and debated to this day. Amna Nawaz and producer Sam Lane report on that for our series, America’s Safety Net.

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President Joe Biden will give an Oval Office address Thursday on the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war.
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