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White House says it will partially fund SNAP benefits after Trump threatens to withhold them until shutdown ends
The White House said Tuesday 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.

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White House says Americans will receive SNAP benefits despite Trump's post about withholding aid until shutdown ends
Trump Threatens To Hold SNAP Benefits Hostage, Then Karoline Leavitt Says He Won't
November SNAP will be partially funded, but benefits could take weeks or months. Why?
The Trump administration announced Monday that food assistance would be partially funded in November following two judges’ rulings to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) running...

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Trump administration says it will partially fund SNAP benefits amid shutdown
Trump says he won't pay SNAP. But partial payments are still going out, White House says.
When will SNAP food aid payments start flowing again? Here are the latest details
Tim Garvin, president of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, told the Telegram & Gazette the morning of Nov. 3 that he was waiting on what the Trump administration planned to do.

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The Latest: White House walks back Trump’s threat to SNAP
Local food banks and pantries still gearing up to help as the government shutdown continues
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