Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a lower court decision that requires the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans by tapping into two pots of money.
The move from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit means the U.S. Department of Agriculture will have to take steps, for now, to cover in-full payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by the end of the day, absent 11th-hour emergency relief from the Supreme Court.
A USDA official notified states earlier Friday that it was working to comply with the district court’s order to provide in-full the food benefits to Americans enrolled in SNAP for November.
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