PHOENIX — Arizona food stamp recipients are confronting fresh obstacles in accessing their benefits, even as the Trump administration has promised to make partial payments for this month.

Uncertainty remains about when those payments might be distributed, with some SNAP recipients potentially receiving nothing at all.

With the government shutdown now stretching into its 36th day, Arizona food banks are reporting an influx of new faces in lines for free food boxes.

The question on everyone's mind remains unanswered: When will food stamp payments resume? And a court battle that seemed resolved earlier this week has taken another turn.

As low-income families navigate this first full week of the food stamp freeze, the Arizona Food Bank Network's Terri Shoemaker reports that new people are

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