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Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday
Judge John McConnell ordered full funding of SNAP benefits by Friday, impacting nearly 42 million Americans amid shutdown and legal disputes over partial payments.
- A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November's food assistance benefits by Friday.
- Judge John J. McConnell Jr. stated, 'The record is clear that the administration did neither' in regard to funding shortages.
- McConnell emphasized that USDA 'cannot now cry that it cannot get timely payments to beneficiaries for weeks or months because states are not prepared to make partial payments.'
- McConnell described delays in payments as 'simply unacceptable' and required updates from the Trump administration on efforts to fund the program.
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In about face, Trump administration tells Georgia it will fully fund food program for the hungry
ATLANTA — The federal government said Friday that it will comply with a judge’s order to issue full benefits for this month to its food assistance program for low-income households. In a letter to state directors of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, Patrick A. Penn, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official who oversees the program, said the agency “will complete the processes necessary” to make funds available and…
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