In a memo released on Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it will comply with a recent court ruling that ordered the Trump administration to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November.

"(Food and Nutrition Service) will complete the processes necessary to make funds available to support your subsequent transmittal of full issuance files to your EBT processor," said Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary of Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at USDA.

The memo comes the same day President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order requiring full SNAP funding during the shutdown.

U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island had given the administration until today,

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