The Trump administration said today that it will provide partial food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program’s contingency fund amid the ongoing government shutdown.

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it will comply with a court order to fund US food aid benefits for November during the government shutdown, but only at 50% of the amount that eligible households normally receive.

It's not clear how much beneficiaries will receive, nor how quickly beneficiaries will see value show up on the debit cards they use to buy groceries.

The Trump administration told a federal judge Monday it will deplete what remains of a $6 billion contingency fund to pay a portion of food stamp benefits in November amid the ongoing partial federal government shutdown.

President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running. The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov.

President Donald Trump has until noon Monday to respond to a federal judge who ruled last week that food benefits must be reinstated.

The Trump administration said it would provide partial relief to recipients of food stamps on Monday as the federal government shutdown approached a record-breaking length. Amid mounting uncertainty among the nearly 42 million people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap),