Trump said on Truth Social SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” https://t.co/MRbhtOr6xY (Photo: Aaron Schwartz via Getty Images) https://t.co/4QT3xlzQ7T ...

President Donald Trump further muddied the fate of SNAP with a social media post Tuesday suggesting he would not provide benefits until after the government reopened. https://t.co/KlocfXXJWr ...

Joining us now is Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California. >> Senator Padilla, it is good to see you. I have to ask then, if Prop 50 passes tomorrow and it is successful, what happens next? What does that mean? Not just for California, but the country, >> right? No, I appreciate the question. Uh, look, I like the governor am very confident Proposition 50 is going to pass. And one just note that I think the viewers would be interested in. It's not if Prop 50 passes tomorrow then we go draw a new map. N ...

At Houston's Bush International Airport, a second day of massive lines and long waits. >> I was quite upset. >> 34 days into the government shutdown, delays are mounting for travelers from coast to coast with TSA officers and air traffic controllers calling out sick.>> That's crazy. And there's people outside, which is even crazier. So, I'm lucky to be up here.>> The Department of Transportation says 84% of delays yesterday were due to staffing, compared to just 5% pre-shutdown. Meanwhile, for the millions ...

the $20 million that you set aside to help fund food banks statewide. Do you know what happens with that now that it's half funded. Does that get added to the pot, so to speak.How much will be there for them this month. >> SNAP is a 100% federally funded program. >> And so we're talking $90 million a week for Illinois is what normally would be provided.>> How big of a band-aid is that. >> $20 million isn't enough. It just isn't.And we don't have enough money. $360 million in a month. We we don't have an ext ...

The government shutdown is forcing governors to scramble to provide some of the services their residents typically receive from the federal government. In an exclusive interview this afternoon with NBC News, Illinois Governor JB Pritsker outlined the measures he is taking to help keep residents who rely on SNAP food benefits. And after the federal uh government has not been able to work that out, he said he would look for ways to use contingency funds to partially pay those benefits.the $20 million that you ...

So, John, there was this decision on Friday on Halloween where a Rhode Island judge essentially said to the government, "Listen, you got to use your contingency funding to keep SNAP benefits going for all these Americans that are going to lose out on food assistance." The administration, the Trump administration is now responding to that. Walk us through that. Yeah.So, the Rhode Island judge, uh, John McConnell, federal US District Court judge, uh, in Rhode Island, basically said that the administration cou ...

Live from Washington, D. C. This is balance of power with Joe Matthew.She will fund food stamps during the shutdown, at least some of them. Welcome to the Monday edition of Balance of Power on Bloomberg TV and Radio, as the White House now says it will partially fund SNAP benefits after being compelled by two federal judges. We'll get the latest on this day.34 of the government shutdown from Tyler Kendall at the White House will discuss with Republican Congressman Mike Lawlor of New York. And we'll have ins ...

White House is reversing course and it now says it will send partial payments this month to Americans who receive SNAP benefits. This is after federal judges took action. The USDA announced it planned to freeze payments because it ran out of money due to the shutdown, but two federal judges ruled on Friday that the White House must at least partially fund that program using its contingency funds.It could take a week or two for those funds to show up on SNAP cards. And across the country, companies are also ...

The Trump administration has now told a federal court how the US Department of Agriculture plans to partially pay for SNAP food benefits this month. The funding expired on Saturday. Uh MSNBC's Fallon Gallagher has been following this.On Friday, we talked a lot about what was going on in Massachusetts, but this eight-page response, as I understand it, from the USDA to the Rhode Island State Council of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches is about Rhode Island. tell us what this says. >> Yeah, Chris.So, ...