"The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump's administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, though it's unlikely the 42 million Americans - about 1 in 8, most of them in poverty - will see the money on the debit cards they use for groceries nearly that quickly."
""The defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP," McConnell said in a ruling from the bench after a brief hearing. "They knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial SNAP payments and failed to consider the harms individuals who rely on those benefits would suffer.""
""What we'd like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government of course, then we can fund SNAP," Vance said at an unrelated White House event. "But in the midst of a shutdown, we can't have a federal court telling the president how he has to triage the situation.""
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to locate funds to fully pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November and set a deadline through Friday. The judge warned that partial funding would create long delays and harm low-income recipients, and earlier rulings prevented skipping November benefits entirely. Cities and nonprofits challenged an administration plan to cover only 65% of maximum benefits, which would have left some people with no benefits. The administration promptly filed motions to appeal both rulings. Vice President JD Vance criticized the order and urged Democrats to reopen the government so SNAP could be funded.
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