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President Trump created confusion over food assistance benefits during a government shutdown with conflicting messages.

The Trump administration plans to distribute partial benefits after federal judges ordered it to use contingency funds.

State officials, like those in Wisconsin, say recalculating partial benefits will cause weeks of delays for recipients.

MADISON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrambled an already precarious plan to deliver food assistance benefits to millions of Americans as the federal shutdown continues, contradicting his own administration and causing confusion at the state level.

Trump in a post on Truth Social said benefits for state food programs funded through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "will be given only when the

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