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JUDGES ORDER SNAP FUNDS: Courts force food aid to continue

Two federal judges ruled that the Trump administration must use contingency funds to keep SNAP payments flowing, protecting roughly 42 million Americans from immediate hunger and forcing the White House to scramble legal options as the shutdown continues.

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42 million - Americans who rely on SNAP food assistance

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"I do NOT want Americans to go hungry" — Donald Trump

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