President Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday that SNAP benefits won’t be paid until the government reopens.

SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA said it had planned to freeze payments starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it during the government shutdown.

On Monday, the Trump administration said it would partially fund SNAP for November following rulings from two federal judges last week. The government says it will use $4.65 billion from an emergency fund to cover about half the normal benefits.

In a court filing Tuesday, attorneys representing a coalition of U.S. cities and community organizations say the Trump administration is breaking a court order by agreeing to fu

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