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200 days in, rural New Mexico hardest hit by Trump policies

We are now two hundred days into the second Trump administration, and the early outlines of its policies are beginning to take shape in New Mexico. Cuts to the Forest Service. Small business loan programs frozen. Clean energy initiatives shut down. Medicaid and SNAP reductions poised to hit thousands. As the administration’s budget and trade policies take effect, the impacts on rural communities are becoming clear.