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A deal signed by President Trump has ended the 43-day government shutdown, which had halted food assistance for millions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release funds for SNAP benefits within 24 hours of the government reopening.

The deal funds SNAP and other nutrition programs through September 2026, and also increases funding for the WIC program.

After a record-breaking 43 days of political standoffs, thousands of furloughed federal employees and increasingly strained services, decimated air travel and the loss in food assistance for 42 million Americans, the government shutdown is over.

What happens now? And how fast ?

President Donald Trump signed the deal Wednesday night , Nov. 12, that Republicans and a small group of Democrats hamme

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