A Rhode Island district judge ruled on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s administration must fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) throughout the month of November, after the program was partially suspended due to a government shutdown. The Trump administration has appealed the decision.

Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. granted the plaintiffs’ motion to enforce an existing temporary restraining order (TRO) and grant a new one against the administration in the case of Rhode Island State Council of Churches v. Rollins . He ruled that the government must use “available Section 32 funds [of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935] in combination with the contingency funds” to make “full payment of November SNAP benefits.” Judge McConnell stated:

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