Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

SNAP benefits are in the process of being sent to recipients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey following a judge's order.

PROVIDENCE – SNAP payments started going out to the estimated 79,000 card holders in Rhode Island on Nov. 8, after the Trump administration announced a day earlier that it would be providing full benefits for November, even as the government continues a legal challenge to making full payments amid the federal government shutdown.

Shapiro said Vance had “turned his back on” the Appalachian communities he once said he represented, calling him a “total phony.”

Governor Maura Healey said that delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits went out to Massachusetts recipients on Saturday morning.

Mar-a-Lago guests wearing tuxedos and gowns dined on filet, scallops and dessert. Meanwhile, 1 in 8 Americans are without critical federal food benefits.

Amid legal challenges in federal courts, Minnesota started distributing full November SNAP benefits to the more than 400,000 in the state who rely on the aid.

Food pantries across the Tri-State Area struggled to meet newfound demand Saturday as the uncertainty of SNAP benefits sets in nationwide amid the government shutdown.