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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Casey and Geoff Mulvihill

Judge to consider demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown

Government Shutdown Food Aid - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday will consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program despite the government shutdown.

The hearing in front of U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani comes two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it can't continue funding it due to the shutdown.

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