The Trump’s administration said it will partially fund SNAP benefits in the month of November.
The decision comes after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation’s largest food aid program running.
Last week, two federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts ruled separately ordering the Trump administration to use emergency funds to continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, during the shutdown. But, days later, it’s still unclear how that money would come about – and when the debit cards that recipients use would be reloaded.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because the agency said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.
The shutdown is now in its sixth week as Republicans and Democrats were still at a stalemate.
LiveNOW’s Andy Mac spoke about the development with Geoff Mulvihill from the Associated Press.
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