More than two dozen states filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing the US Department of Agriculture of illegally cutting off food assistance to over 42 million Americans during the government shutdown.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and 25 other Democratic state leaders, including those in the District of Columbia, blasted the USDA’s decision to suspend November payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, arguing it violates federal law.

The USDA warned in a notice that the “well has run dry” for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, blaming Democrats for holding up the government shutdown, and in turn, funding for the critical program.

“Millions of Americans are about to go hungry because the federal government has chosen to withhold food assistance it is lega

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