Millions of Americans to get reduced food aid during shutdown: Trump admin

WASHINGTON, Nov 04: The White House will send only partial payments to 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps to buy groceries, as the government shutdown crippling public services nears record length, officials told a judge Monday.

Two federal courts ruled last week that President Donald Trump's administration must use a $4.65 billion emergency fund toward the estimated $9 billion cost for November's payments before cutting off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Officials for the Agriculture Department, which oversees the program, said in a filing to a federal court in Rhode Island they would not make up the shortfall with other funding sources, meaning "50 percent of eligible households' current allotments" would be disbursed. �"AFP