Trump Appeals Food Aid Order to 1st Cir.: The Brief

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION asked an appeals court to pause a judge’s order requiring the US to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans by today, arguing the government shutdown has left only enough money for partial payments, Erik Larson reports.

• US District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island ordered the government to tap alternative reserve funds to send states the $8.5 billion to $9 billion needed this month for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as the budget impasse in Congress drags on.
• President Donald Trump’s administration filed an emergency motion to stay the ruling pending ...