(NewsNation) — Tens of millions of Americans who rely on federal food assistance are waiting on a midday deadline after the program went dark this weekend.

On Friday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits "as soon as possible," and a separate ruling from a federal judge in Boston found the decision to suspend those benefits was likely "unlawful."

U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, gave the administration until noon on Monday to share how it plans to comply with his order to fully or partially fund SNAP. Similarly, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ordered the federal government to explain its plan by Monday.

Now, the Trump administration has just a few hours to

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