RHODE ISLAND AND NATIONWIDE — THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MUST SECURE FUNDS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, NOV. 7, TO PROVIDE FULL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS THIS MONTH, U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell of Rhode Island ruled on Thursday . Calling any further delay “unacceptable,” Judge McConnell granted a request from municipalities and nonprofit organizations to order the administration to provide the full food benefits from this hunger-prevention program. He declined to pause his decision, arguing that “people have gone without for too long.”

Earlier this week, the Justice Department said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which disburses SNAP funds to state governments, would be depleting contingency funds to pay 50% of the usual benefi

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