(CNN) — A federal judge in Rhode Island rules that the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.

US District Judge John McConnell said, “People have gone without for too long and not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable.”

Nearly 42 million Americans receive food stamps.

Payments are made on a staggered basis over the course of a month.

The administration earlier said it would provide only partial food stamp benefits for November by tapping into $4.6 billion in a contingency fund.

The judge said the government had not worked quickly enough to release the funds pursuant to the requirements of his earlier order and that the government had acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” when it decided earl

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