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White House blames Dems for potential WIC lapse, announces 'creative solution' to keep program running
Karoline Leavitt shared on X Tuesday the White House is using tariff revenue to keep the WIC program running during the government shutdown after a funding lapse.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has authorized a plan to use tariff revenue to keep the WIC nutrition program running during the government shutdown, vowing the administration "will not allow mothers and children to go hungry."
In a post on X, Leavitt accused Democrats of "cruelly voting to shut down the government," saying their actions forced the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, to run out of funds this week.
Leavitt added that Trump had directed officials to tap Section 232 tariff revenue to sustain WIC.
The White House confirmed to Fox News that the plan is a short-term "creative solution" developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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Trump takes tariff parallel economic system to keep government program open.
