PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said she’s pleased that two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must continue funding the nation’s largest food assistance program.

“This is really good news,” Mayes told KTAR News 92.3 FM. “Two federal judges have ruled now that Donald Trump and his administration violated the law by trying to deny more than 40 million Americans their SNAP benefits in November.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) starting Nov. 1, citing an inability to maintain funding during the government shutdown.

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