Federal judges in Massachusetts, Rhode Island rule government must tap contingency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing, as millions of low-income Americans face delays in food assistance amid ongoing shutdown.

Two US federal judges on Friday issued orders to block the Trump administration from stopping food aid for millions of Americans during the government shutdown, now over a month old, ordering the government to use contingency funds to continue the benefits.

The rulings, issued by judges in the Northeastern states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, followed lawsuits aiming to prevent the US Agriculture Department from suspending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, widely known as food stamps, beginning Saturday, as reported by The Washington Post.

Both judges

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