California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday announced a lawsuit aimed at forcing the Trump administration to continue providing food stamps in November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

California and more than 20 states argue that Congress appropriated $6 billion to the United States Department of Agriculture in contingency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through September 2026.

Watch a livestream about the lawsuit at 10 a.m. in the video above.

The states argue that the Trump administration chose to suspend November’s SNAP benefits instead of using contingency funding that is available.

In a press release, the governor’s office said the USDA is “selectively choosing” which programs to keep open during the shutdown,

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