PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — After recent federal court rulings in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the Trump administration said SNAP benefits will be partially funded .

As Monday marked day 34 of the government shutdown, local leaders lauded those rulings at Providence City Hall , with both sides of the political spectrum continuing to point fingers over who’s to blame for the government shutdown.

“It’s the Republicans in the driving seat, in the Presidency, in the Senate and in the House,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said. “So I do not find it credible to say the democrats own a piece of this.”

Smiley and other local officials commended the recent rulings against the Trump administration’s withholding of emergency food assistance funding.

“Food shouldn’t be political,” Central Fal

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