The Trump administration says it will make partial benefit payments to food assistance recipients in November as the federal shutdown continues, though it was far from clear when those payments would begin reaching families.

Responding to a judge's order in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island on Monday, Nov. 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would make partial benefit payments rather than full ones and use a contingency fund in order to cover those payments.

But even as Michiganders began lining up at food pantries worried about how to feed themselves and their children and the state Legislature weighed shoring up benefits ahead of a federal suspension, the Trump administration warned that it could be days, weeks or longer before a rejiggered system of payment wa

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