A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to fully cover federal food assistance for 42 million Americans in November by Friday.

According to CNN , federal District Judge John McConnell said during a hastily called hearing on Nov. 6 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has not worked quickly enough to release the funds after his earlier order on the resources. He also said the government had acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” in deciding not to shift certain funds to fully pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Nov. 6 order from McConnell comes days after the administration, in response to an earlier order, saying it would provide only partial food stamp benefits for November by using some of the nearly $6 billion in a conting

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