Benefits will be reduced by only 35% instead of 50% in the latest chaos emanating from the government shutdown.

The agreement to use contingency funds to pay for food stamp benefits came after a judge said Trump administration could not cease paying for the benefits.

Contingency funds will keep benefits going for nearly 42 million people in the food assistance program, Trump says

The administration said it could cover “50% of eligible households current allotments” through November with the $4.65 billion in a contingency fund.

In response to a court order, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it would tap its contingency fund.

The country's flagship food aid scheme serves one in eight Americans each month.

In the latest update, the Trump administration agreed to release partial SNAP payments, but they will be half of the normal amounts.

Prior presidential administrations have continued paying SNAP benefits during past shutdowns of the U.S. government.

Benefits will be reduced by only 35% instead of 50% in the latest chaos emanating from the government shutdown.

The program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net.

The Trump administration recently said it would not pay any SNAP benefits, but then offered partial funding of the food stamp program after a judge's ruling.

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court for an emergency block on a judge’s order that it pay 42 million Americans full SNAP benefits for November by Friday.

The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.

U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given Trump’s administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

New guidance to states tells them the funds will be made available on Friday even as the administration appeals a court order.

The Trump administration told states to make benefits available even as it asked the Supreme Court to let it block the benefits.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to block a judge's order to promptly pay full SNAP food benefits for November.

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court said Friday that the Trump administration does not have to immediately pay SNAP food benefits defunded during the government shutdown, a temporary…