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Trump administration to fund partial SNAP benefits in November amid government shutdown
The Trump administration said it plans to distribute partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November after two federal judges ruled the Department of Agriculture must cover foo...

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Trump administration tells judge it will partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency funds
Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits
The Latest: Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running.

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Government shutdown latest; Trump administration will partially pay for SNAP benefits
The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline to tell judges if it will fully fund SNAP
US to pay reduced food aid benefits, but warns of weeks or months of delay
Changes in the system that states need to implement to provide reduced benefits "will take anywhere from a few weeks to up to several months," said the filing from Patrick Penn, deputy under secretar...

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Shutdown Day 34: Trump administration must update judge on SNAP funds by noon
Local food banks and pantries still gearing up to help as the government shutdown continues

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Hilltown pantry director describes ‘fear’ of clients losing SNAP benefits

While SNAP benefits hadn’t been paused yet – which happened Nov. 1 -- the director of the Huntington Food Pantry said that when it opened last Thursday, at least of a third of those seeking food assistance were new.

Trump Supporter Regrets Vote Over SNAP Benefits, Calls Him ‘Very Selfish’

A woman in New York State who voted for President Donald Trump says she regrets her vote after the federal government shutdown disrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Betty Szretter, 63, is a caregiver for her daughter who relies on SNAP.
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Hawaiʻi joins lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for suspension of SNAP benefits

Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors today in filing a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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