The Trump administration is appealing a judge's order for it to provide full SNAP food aid benefits to states by Nov. 7.

The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Nov. 6 – the same day Rhode Island federal Judge John McConnell ordered the administration to make full payments of November SNAP benefits to the states within a day.

McConnell instructed officials to use a combination of contingency funds and other funds he said were available to make the full payments during the federal government shutdown .

The two-page appeal document filed in McConnell's court didn't explain the government's reasons for challenging the order.

However, the administration previously told McConnell it wouldn't use its discretion to tap into the non-contingency funds in order to make full Novembe

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