Critics expressed alarm after government said it would totally suspend food aid programme utilised by 42 million people.
Two federal judges in the United States have ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump cannot suspend food assistance to low-income individuals, signalling that the government must draw from contingency funds as a government shutdown drags on.
Friday’s decisions were released within minutes of one another, and both concerned the fate of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.
About 42 million people — or one in eight US citizens — rely on SNAP to feed their households.
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