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The court’s action allows the administration for now to continue withholding about $4 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps.
The Trump administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that it continues to seek a halt of a judge’s order to fully fund the benefits unless there was an end to the government shutdown.
The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to halt Thursday’s decision by a Rhode Island judge requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to spend $4 billion set aside for other purposes to ensure Americans receive full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits.
Department of Justice in a filing on Friday says judges have no power to appropriate or spend federal money.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the new guidelines will change the food culture in this country.
U.S. Department of Justice said USDA is complying with U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s order and “will fulfill its obligation to expend the full amount of SNAP contingency funds today.”
Democratic-led states sue to block Nov. 1 SNAP cutoff during shutdown, saying benefit halt violates federal law, risks hunger for millions.
Agriculture Secretary Rollins previously said USDA is examining high fertilizer costs and exploring options for farmer relief.
Critics of the plan to close the USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center say it could backfire by interrupting the facility’s ongoing research and by pushing the scientists conducting it to resign.
The move is the latest by the Trump administration to stall development of wind and solar energy, which Trump says are unreliable, expensive and dependent on Chinese supply chains.