Washington: The administration of President Donald Trump has made $450 million in tariff revenue available for a childhood nutrition program imperiled by the federal government shutdown, according to federal funding records.

The shutdown, now in its 34th day, has compromised benefits for nearly 7 million low-income Americans who are pregnant, breastfeeding or who have children under age 5 who receive food, nutrition counseling and other support through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC.

The money was transferred to the WIC program on Friday, according to the records from the White House Office of Management and Budget. It was drawn from a pool of tariff revenue made available to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for commodity and d

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