A Rhode Island judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits by today for the millions of Americans who rely on them. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November, impacting 42 million Americans. The ruling follows previous criticism of the administration for delaying payments and only offering partial relief through a contingency fund.

Despite the judge's directive, the Department of Justice has appealed the decision, and it is unclear whether the administration will provide the full benefits while the appeal is pending. White House officials stated they intend to comply with the court order, but political disagreement continues, with Vice President JD Vance calling the ruling 'absurd' amid an ongoing government shutdown.

Judge orders Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully fund federal food assistance and restore benefits for 42 million Americans that judge Criticizing the administration for ignoring his order last week to quickly restart payments for snap Now in the order the judge writes quote faced with a choice between advancing relief and entrenching delay It chose the ladder an outcome that predictably magnifies harm and undermines the very purpose of the program administers CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang is here with more on this. Weijia, good morning Tell us about this latest ruling. It seems unambiguous But tell us how the administration is reacting. They appear to still want to fight this Good morning, Errol The judge also went on to write that people have gone without for too long not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable as He ruled that the administration had to pay those snap benefits in full for the month of November now as you mentioned This follows another ruling that he made last week And after that the DOJ Department of Justice said that they would comply but only provide partial relief with a contingency fund for snap benefits and It was after that that President Trump wrote on truth social Where he appeared to defy this court order saying that no benefits would be given until after the government Reopen. Well, I asked the White House about this during a press briefing and the press secretary Caroline Levitt insisted that the administration was not going to defy a court order that they were in fact going to go through the process to administer some of the Benefits some of the amount through a contingency fund She says that the president meant in the future. He did not want to tap into that fund Which is not exactly what he wrote So that's why we have this new ruling from the judge that is ordering all benefits be paid and the vice president JD Vance actually Spoke about this last night. He called it absurd. Take a listen It's an absurd ruling because you have a federal judge Effectively telling us what we have to do in the midst of a Democrat government shutdown Which what we'd like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government Of course, then we can fund snap and we can also do a lot of other good things for the American people But in the midst of a shutdown, we can't have a federal court telling the president how he has to triage the situation The DOJ almost immediately appealed the ruling Errol And so now what's still unclear is whether in the meantime as that court process Plays out whether the administration will provide the full benefits that the judge ordered Yeah, so many people rely on this to survive very important Ouija. Yes. Thank you very much

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