The government said it would send the aid after a court ruled last week that it must preserve the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.

A federal judge in Portland renewed her temporary block on President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployment, as an appeals court continues to review its ruling overturning one of her previous decisions.

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it will comply with a court order to fund US food aid benefits during the government shutdown, but only at 50% of the amount that eligible households would normally receive.

Following a three-day trial last week, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the deployment of troops from any state’s National Guard in

The Trump administration said Monday it will pay partial food benefits this month after two federal judges ordered it to do so. The U.S. Department of Agriculture previously said it couldn’t tap a contingency fund to pay November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the ongoing shutdown.

The roughly 42 million Americans who receive food stamps will get only partial payments from the federal government this month, after the Trump administration told a federal judge that it would not tap additional funds.

In response to a federal court order, the Trump administration has until noon Monday, Nov. 3 to decide how to fund SNAP benefits.