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. On Nov. 7, it asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to halt McConnell's order by 4:00 p.m. EDT.

"There is no lawful basis for an order that directs (the U.S. Department of Agriculture) to somehow find $4 billion in the metaphorical couch cushions," the administration said in its request .

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

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