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Trump administration, SNAP and Shut Down

Trump administration to fund partial SNAP benefits in November, court filing says

The Trump administration will partially fund monthly food benefits it has so far withheld from millions of Americans amid the second month of the federal government shutdown.

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Columbus sues Trump administration over SNAP funding freeze amid government shutdown

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Trump Says US Won’t Send Food Aid While Government Shut Down

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Trump threatens food aid as cities, nonprofits ask judge to intervene

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance benefits for the poor will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, despite a court order requiring his administra...

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Alabama Democrat says Trump’s refusal to fund SNAP benefits will ‘starve hungry families’

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US to pay reduced food aid benefits, but warns of weeks or months of delay

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Trump says he’s withholding SNAP benefits until shutdown ends

Many turned to their own emergency funds, directed residents to food banks or said plainly that benefits would not be available beginning in November.

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Trump Shocks His Own Team With Decision to Defy Courts on Funding SNAP

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Trump threatens to withhold SNAP benefits despite court order

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SNAP benefits uncertainty grows as government shutdown continues

On Monday, the Trump administration told a federal judge that partial payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would be distributed. However, the following day, President Trump wrote on social media that the funds would not be released until the government shutdown ends.

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Local restaurants step up as SNAP benefits halt amid government shutdown

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Atlanta restaurant feeding those impacted by loss of SNAP benefits | How to take advantage

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A sign of things to come? Local nonprofit faces closure due to government shutdown

The Breathing Association, a Columbus-based nonprofit that helps 15,000 people with utility costs, faces closure due to the federal government shutdown, funding uncertainty.

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RI spending on government administration, public safety is among highest in US

The State House on Wednesday. Rhode Island is ranked fifth in public safety spending per capita and per personal income, which is 1.4 times and 1.8 times greater than that of other New England states, respectively.

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Federal shutdown heads for record-longest; local union says workers feeling financial pain

Federal workers are days away from missing their second paycheck during the government shutdown, but there's no sign that lawmakers in Washington are closing in on a deal.

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Trump, White House give clashing messages on SNAP funding. What does it mean for Illinois?

The Trump administration said SNAP benefits will be partially paid in November. Here's what that means for Illinois.