The Trump administration isn’t backing down from its refusal to fully fund the SNAP program – even after being ordered to by a judge on Thursday.

The federal government asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order directing the Trump administration to fully distribute November’s SNAP benefits by the end of the day. In the U.S., 42 million people – 12% of Americans – rely on food stamps to buy groceries and afford food. Nearly 40% of SNAP recipients are children and another 20% are over the age of 60.

On Thursday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the government to release the full amount of federal funds for food stamps set to be distributed in November. “People have gone without for too long,” U.S. District Judge John McConnell said during the Thursday hearing.

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