Most D.C.-area leaders agree with two federal judges’ rulings Friday , ordering President Donald Trump’s administration to continue paying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.

State attorneys general and governors from 25 states, as well as D.C., sued the Trump administration as the Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to SNAP starting on Monday. The administration argued that the department could no longer keep funding the program due to the shutdown.

In both cases, the federal government must provide a plan on how the program will be funded by Monday. The administration did not say whether it would appeal to the rulings.

Prior to the judge’s ruling , Maryland and Virginia decl

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