The Trump administration is expected to dole out partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits as they were not given at the beginning of the month due to Democrats refusing to reopen the government more than a dozen times.

Roughly 42 million food stamp recipients did not receive their benefit this month due to the ongoing government shutdown – the second longest in history, reaching 34 days on Monday.

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According to reports, the Trump administration plans to dole out partial benefits in the midst of the shutdown, telling a Rhode Island federal judge on Monday that it would “tap billions of dollars in contingency funds to pay 50% of the normal amount of SNAP benefits in November

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