White House, SNAP and Trump
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked back Trump’s comments that SNAP would only continue when the government reopens, clarifying that the administration will comply with a court order to at least partially fund the program.
Rulings by two judges on Friday halted the Trump administration’s plan to freeze food aid during the federal government shutdown. The potential suspension of the $8 billion Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, dominates this week’s editorial cartoon gallery, overlaid with a Halloween theme.
The SD Department of Social Services announced Nov. 7 that it plans to issue the full allotment of SNAP benefits to enrolled recipients in November.