Trump to Pay WIC and Law Enforcement During Shutdown. Is an End in Sight?

Trump to pay WIC and law enforcement during shutdown. Is an end in sight?

The Trump administration is looking for ways to pay federal law enforcement officers and fund a key supplemental nutrition program during the government shutdown, a sign the executive branch doesn’t see this impasse ending soon. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), run by Russel Vought, is looking to use tariff revenues to fund the Women, Infant and Children, or WIC, food program, and is trying to figure out how to pay law enforcement offi…

WIC program’s federal funding to last through October amid government shutdown, Edney says

Funding for a food and nutrition program that serves nearly 70,000 Mississippi caregivers and children is expected to last through October amid the federal government shutdown, State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney said after a Board of Health meeting Wednesday.