WASHINGTON ‒ Governors and attorneys generals from 25 states sued to stop the White House from ending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on Nov. 1 as the government shutdown reached Day 28.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Boston, called a looming food aid cutoff "contrary to law andarbitrary and capricious...."

The Agriculture Department in a recent memo said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, contradicting earlier guidance that the money was available "in the event that a lapse occurs in the middle of the fiscal year." About 42 million Americans would lose their SNAP benefits.

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