WASHINGTON, DC — THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FIGHTING A FEDERAL COURT ORDER ISSUED ON THURSDAY to release full SNAP benefits to recipients. President Donald Trump on Friday asked a federal appeals court to block U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as some states like Wisconsin said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

Although Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance’s rationale for trying to halt Thursday’s court order was based on insufficient monies in the contingency fund, McConnell had also ordered the government to utilize a different source of money stipulated in Section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 in order to make to make full SNAP payments for

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