ST. PAUL — Although the end of a federal government shutdown is within sight, the fight between a coalition of Democratic attorneys general — including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison — and the Trump administration continues to brew over SNAP funding.

The focus of the dispute concerns a directive from the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued over the weekend to claw back food-aid benefits that were authorized in response to a court order.

The attorneys general say the administration’s demand to undo the release of SNAP benefits was “confusing” and “cruel,” given that it ran contrary to the guidance provided by the USDA the day before.

On Monday, Nov. 10, a district court judge ordered a temporary halt to the government’s efforts to have those benefits reclaimed. The court’s or

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