"A Rhode Island federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to find enough money to restore full funding for SNAP benefits by Friday. In failing to fully fund the food assistance program that covers 42 million low-income Americans, U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. said the government "failed to consider the harms individuals who rely on those benefits would suffer.""
"For many college students who rely on CalFresh, all this uncertainty has left them wondering how they'll afford their next meal. At Sacramento State's ASI Food Pantry last week, transfer student Tylor Williams was picking up groceries - produce, a few cans of tuna and Impossible Burgers. "You can get unlimited produce here so that'd be clutch," Williams said. "I went on Facebook Marketplace and found a $5 juicer. I wasn't even a juicer before, but now I know why people be juicing.""
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to secure funds to restore full SNAP benefits by Friday, saying the government failed to consider harms to benefit recipients. The judge noted President Trump's social post about withholding benefits during the shutdown and characterized it as intent to defy a court order; the administration is appealing. California officials say some CalFresh recipients are beginning to see full benefits returned on EBT cards, but the total restored is unclear. The uncertainty is causing food insecurity for many, including college students who are relying on campus food pantries and low-cost purchases to cope.
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