The Trump administration must continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Friday, according to multiple outlets.

Why it matters: Roughly 42 million Americans are set to lose their supplemental food benefits Saturday — and it's unclear if Friday's ruling will be enacted fast enough to guarantee recipients get their money in time. • Judge John James McConnell Jr. ruled Friday that the administration must fund SNAP, and asked for progress report by Monday, according to news reports. • "There is no doubt and it is beyond argument that irreparable harm will begin to occur if it hasn't already occurred in the terror it has caused some people about the availability of funding for food, for their f

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