Political leaders in Maryland and Virginia have conflicting opinions on President Donald Trump’s administration’s announcement Monday to only partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November.

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The White House plans to use about $4.65 billion from the SNAP contingency fund to partially fulfill the benefits. The Department of Agriculture, which oversees SNAP, had planned to freeze payments starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it during the federal government shutdown.

However, two federal judges o

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