White House says USDA will partially fund SNAP benefits in government shutdown. See how much November payments will be, when they might go out.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November by tomorrow. "People have gone without for too long,

The Trump administration agreed to issue partial benefits to SNAP recepients following two federal court rulings. However, the calculations and distributions could take anywhere from days to months.

Hours later, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt contradicted the president, saying food benefits would go out after all. As of late Tuesday afternoon, it was basically unclear what was going on,

The Trump administration will use USDA contingency funds to deliver partial payments, leaving 41 million Americans to stretch reduced food aid as courts push for full funding. Over the past several days,

The Trump administration will comply with a court order by providing partial food assistance benefits, the White House said, an apparent walk-back of President Donald Trump’s threat to deny aid to low-income Americans until the government reopens.

The White House on Tuesday confirmed that it would follow through on plans to partially fund critical food aid during the government shutdown, despite President Donald Trump’s threat just hours earlier that he would withhold the federal assistance.

U.S. President Donald Trump created confusion on Tuesday when he said that food assistance aid for millions of Americans will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, as lawyers for cities and nonprofits urged a federal judge to force the White House to fully fund the benefits.