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By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland after the city and state sued in September to block the deployment. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Karin […]
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The fate of SNAP was once again in question on Saturday after the Supreme Court temporarily agreed to allow the Trump administration to withhold full aid under the program.
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First Thing: Judge orders Trump administration to stop ‘needless suffering' and fully fund food stamps The GuardianSupreme Court says US food stamp funding can be temporarily halted BBCSupreme Court justice temporarily pauses order requiring Trump administration to fully fund SNAP by end of Friday abcnews.go.comTrump administration starts funding full SNAP benefits for November CNN
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The Trump administration's efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the shutdown to paint the president as callous and out of touch.
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A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, was unconstitutional.
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The temporary ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, blocking a lower court order to fully fund the aid, added to the uncertainty around the nation's largest anti-hunger program.
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Residents across the nation started to receive their full SNAP food aid benefits on Friday after an appeals court left in place, for now, a requirement that the Trump administration fund such benefits during the government shutdown.
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The judge gave the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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