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Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday
- 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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Trump admin tries to stop SNAP food aid payments amid court order
U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given Trump’s administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But Trump’s administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund.
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