@cbsnews: The White House clarified Tuesday that the Trump administration is complying with a federal court order that requires it to tap into a contingency fund to provide food benefits to tens of millions of Americans. The clarification came after President Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that the aid from the SNAP program will go out only when Democrats vote to end the ongoing government shutdown, sparking confusion. Asked about Mr. Trump's comments by CBS News’ Weijia Jiang, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is "fully complying" with the court's order, but stressed that "it's going to take some time" for recipients to receive the payments. "We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war, and the president does not want to have to tap into this fund in the future," she said. #trump #SNAP #food #hunger #shutdown
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Tuesday 04 November 2025 21:17:26 GMT
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Tammy :
This administration is the epitome of evil
2025-11-06 15:45:17
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mel :
is he anticipating a war that they will use those contingency funds in?
2025-11-06 17:21:38
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user2538094071880 :
“Let them eat cake”
2025-11-05 23:18:29
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user484345959026 :
Maybe republicans need to show up for work ??? Maybe continue health care subsidies so Americans can continue healthcare?? Maybe create universal healthcare so Americans are cared for!!!
2025-11-06 17:34:01
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Becky Monson :
Trump realizing he’s in contempt of court, which means he could be jailed in real time..
2025-11-06 17:31:46
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robertcherry558 :
they stole the money.
2025-11-06 17:25:46
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10kpat :
stop the blame game just
2025-11-06 17:33:07
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🍒Chinola_miel🍯 🇲🇽💙🧢 :
Gawd Lawd how these last 10 months have aged her 20 years. 🤷🏼♀️
2025-11-06 17:25:46
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user5335569578628 :
Republicans and Democrats are equally guilty, don’t play the blame game.
2025-11-05 19:33:24
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jsmoove77 :
lol leavitt is putting the blonde jokes back on the map let’s gooo
2025-11-05 13:01:40
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Iris Pelton :
Americans not having food IS an emergency
2025-11-04 21:58:07
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Silent Lucidity :
“Because of the Democrats” is my least favorite drinking game.
2025-11-04 22:12:26
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Debbie 🪩🥂 :
She is beginning to hate these press conferences
2025-11-04 21:27:01
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Foreignere :
“The Democrats are at fault”
2025-11-05 04:18:02
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BobRossismyASMR :
So they have $20 billion to give to Argentina but can't come up with $4 billion to fund snap?
2025-11-04 21:49:43
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Laochramber :
Why do reporters not remind her that the Republicans control all three branches of government? Why are they not calling them out?
2025-11-04 21:48:08
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vl2929292 :
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE AND SENATE!!!!!!!
2025-11-04 21:27:41
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emmjay12 :
So basically, if the Democrats don’t agree with everything we want then we’ll just starve people. 👌
2025-11-05 17:15:29
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Bjorn_The_Wise :
I'd say the starvation or 42million people is a pretty much an emergency
2025-11-06 09:59:26
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hannah thomas :
remember kids, he just threw a multi million dollar gatsby party for all his billionaire friends this weekend!
2025-11-05 02:45:50
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JBreazy :
My face when listening to her
2025-11-04 22:27:31
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🤍 :
“If you want food to survive, you better vote for us” is wild
2025-11-04 22:56:36
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jaidannn :
“the democrats”
2025-11-05 02:40:20
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Julio :
No money for SNAP benefits and blaming democrats yet he was having a Great Gatsby" themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago
2025-11-04 21:54:08
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