President Donald Trump salutes as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Air Force One, from a weekend trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP)

The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund on Monday food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown.

The administration laid out the US Department of Agriculture’s plan in a filing in federal court in Rhode Island at the direction of a judge who had last week ordered it to use emergency funds to at least partially cover November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

The US Department of Justice said the USDA is complying with US District Judge John McConnell’s order and “will fulfill its oblig

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