PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A federal district court blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to undo the distribution of November SNAP benefits after Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 22 attorneys general and three governors filed a motion for a temporary restraining order.

The court’s decision means SNAP benefits continue to be available in Oregon and other states that had already distributed November payments last Friday.

“This kind of whiplash lands directly on families who are just trying to keep food on the table,” Rayfield said. “The Trump Administration tried to threaten states. Oregon will not let them threaten and attack hungry families and we are going to fight like hell to keep those benefits where they belong.”

Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Agr

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