Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the nation’s largest food aid program, for November — just one day before the food stamp program was set to expire.

Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a 15-page order saying the administration has until Monday to indicate whether it will partially or fully fund November’s benefits. Also on Friday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled in a separate lawsuit that the Trump administration must pay for SNAP benefits as soon as possible using its emergency funds.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funds the SNAP program, told recipients and state agencies that administer the program it won’t have enough money to pay

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