The White House announced Tuesday (October 7) that it will redirect tariff revenue to fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) amid the ongoing government shutdown. This decision comes as the program, which supports nearly seven million low-income pregnant women, new mothers, and young children, faces a funding shortage due to Congress's failure to pass a federal spending package for fiscal year 2026, which began on October 1.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared on the social platform X that President Trump identified this "creative solution" to keep WIC operational . The administration plans to use Section 232 tariff revenue, which is collected on national security grounds, to sustain the program for the foreseeable futu

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