Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 22 of her counterparts filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, alleging the agency is using the ongoing federal government shutdown to unlawfully suspend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that delivers food aid to 40 million Americans.

The lawsuit, filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, aims to maintain the flow of SNAP benefits that are at risk on Nov. 1.

Rollins said in a TV interview Tuesday that Senate Democrats have repeatedly rejected stopgap spending measures that could enable the government to reopen and prevent any disruption in the delivery of SNAP benefits.

“We’re asking the court to immediately turn these benefits back o

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