TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL PAY REDUCED FOOD AID BENEFITS USING EMERGENCY FUNDS

The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans on Monday after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown.

The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan in a filing, in federal court in Rhode Island at the direction of a judge who ordered it last week to use emergency funds to at least partially cover November's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

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