Judge orders White House to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday

A federal judge rebuked the Trump administration Thursday afternoon, ordering it to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday, according to multiple reports.Why it matters: Roughly 42 million Americans rely on these food benefits to pay for groceries each month, but the White House argued it can't pay them in full because of the shutdown."People have gone without for too long," Judge John McConnell Jr., of the U.S. district court in Rhode Island, said from the bench Thursday, CNN reports. "Not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable.""This should never happen in America," the judge said, according to the New York Times.Where it stands: McConnell ordered the USDA, which administers the anti-poverty program, to make the full payment to the states tomorrow.He said a Truth Social post from President Trump this week was an admission of an intent not to comply with the court's order, according to multiple reports.In the post, the president said SNAP benefits would only be paid when the shutdown ends. The White House later said that the administration is complying with the court order.The other side: The White House and the USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Axios.Zoom in: "The defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP," McConnell said, according to AP."They knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial SNAP payments and failed to consider the harms individuals who rely on those benefits would suffer."Catch up quick: McConnell and another federal judge ordered the administration to tap contingency funds available for the program in cases filed by advocates for the poor, states and cities and other nonprofits.Earlier in the day, the administration had sent out revised guidance to the states on how to calculate partial payments, after it said there were errors in guidance from earlier in the week. Under the guidance, SNAP beneficiaries would get 65% or less of their typical payment.And, even under the revisions, 2.6 million SNAP recipients would get $0 for November using the White House's math, according to projections from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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