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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jem Bartholomew

First Thing: Trump administration to fund just half of food stamp benefits

Signs reading 'Fund food and healthcare, not ballrooms' and 'No one should go hungry in America' on a food collection table
Signs on a food collection table during a food drive outside the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC on 30 October. Photograph: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Good morning.

The Trump administration said it would provide only partial relief to recipients of food stamps on Monday, amid mounting uncertainty among the nearly 42 million people on the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap).

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