Judge orders Trump admin to fund food stamps fullu

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday, rejecting the administration’s plan to partially fund that food stamp program for 42 million Americans.

“People have gone without for too long,” Judge Jack McConnell said during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island as he issued the order.

The order came after plaintiffs in the case urged him to reject the administration’s proposed plan for partial benefits.

The Trump administration last week had said it would not use a congressionally authorized contingency fund containing $4.65 billion to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The program, like other federal programs, had no current appropriation because Congress has not approved a stopgap funding bill that would reopen the U.S. government.

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