SACRAMENTO -- California, along with over 20 other states, is suing the Trump administration over the alleged unlawful refusal to fund SNAP benefits, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's office.

Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit Tuesday morning.

READ ALSO | Food banks are preparing for a surge as federal food aid could be paused in the government shutdown

Food banks and pantries were already struggling after federal program cuts this year, but now they're bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal food aid to low-income people kicks in this weekend.

The governor's office says Trump administration is putting millions of Americans at risk of hunger by refusing to fund food assistance benefits, despite the Department of Agriculture (USDA) having fu

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