President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to block an order requiring his administration to continue fully funding SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.

On Thursday, Trump asked the 1st Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to allow him to pay only 65 percent of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that 42 million Americans depend on to eat.

This would circumvent rulings from U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordering that the U.S. government tap into contingency funds and move government money around to fund SNAP in full.

In October, 25 states sued the Trump administration to continue paying SNAP benefits as the shutdown drags on. Judge McConnell ruled on Oct. 31 that the U.S. government must at least partially fund SNAP benefits until

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