Trump Administration Sued Over Shutdown SNAP Cutoff: The Brief

DEMOCRAT-LED STATES sued the Trump administration today over ending food aid benefits for tens of millions of Americans during the ongoing government shutdown, accusing US officials of unlawfully refusing to tap alternative sources of money, Zoe Tillman reports.

• The US Department of Agriculture announced it won’t fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, starting in November as the budget impasse in Congress approaches the one-month mark. In the lawsuit, the attorneys general and governors from 25 states and the District of Columbia argued the department must use nearly $6 billion in contingency funding to keep the program operational for ...