Trump administration must pay SNAP benefits despite government shutdown, judge rules

• A federal judge in Rhode Island blocked the Trump administration from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.

• The ruling came a day before the administration was set to cut off those food stamp benefits from 42 million Americans.

• President Donald Trump, in response, said, “I have instructed our lawyers to ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible.”