The Trump Administration announced earlier this week that due to the orders of two federal judges, partial Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments would be issued.

Now, one of those two judges has ordered that full SNAP payments must be issued, an order the Trump Administration has already appealed.

Here's what we know.

What is going on with SNAP benefits?

During the last week of October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it did not believe it had the authority to provide SNAP benefits in November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

About 12% of Americans began the week waiting to find out if they would receive federal food assistance in November, the first time it was in question since SNAP began more than 60 years ago.

The Trump administration h

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