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The written order came one day after a court told the Trump administration it must pay benefits in the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.
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Cities and states are dashing to cover millions of dollars in a shortfall of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as funds remain in legal limbo.
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Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.
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The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gave the administration leeway on whether to fund the program partially or in full for November.
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The hearing comes two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it can't continue funding it due to the shutdown.
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