{"id":21117,"date":"2025-11-01T18:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21117"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:48:22","slug":"obama-judge-drops-bombshell-on-trump-admin-over-shutdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21117","title":{"rendered":"Obama Judge Drops Bombshell On Trump Admin Over Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal judge on Friday directed the Trump administration to pay out some November food stamp benefits using contingency funds, rejecting the claim that the government shutdown has effectively shuttered the program.<\/p>\n

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U.S. District Judge John McConnell, an Obama appointee in Rhode Island, said Congress allocated billions of dollars to a contingency reserve that can be used to pay at least some benefits, The Washington Times\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, also ruled that the contingency funds should be used to pay some Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, while giving the government until Monday to detail its plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefendants erred in concluding that USDA is statutorily prohibited from using the contingency reserve to fund SNAP benefits during the pendency of the lapse in appropriations,\u201d Talwani wrote.<\/p>\n

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The decisions could blunt one of the harshest consequences of the shutdown, which on Friday marked the end of a full month.<\/p>\n

About 42 million people receive SNAP benefits, a program administered by the Agriculture Department.<\/p>\n

Funding for many government functions has expired, furloughing workers in non-essential roles, and employees still on the job have not been paid since September.<\/p>\n

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said the rulings exposed what he called the administration\u2019s \u201cweaponizing hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n