U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. ruled on Friday, Oct. 31 that food assistance benefits provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are an entitlement und...

A federal judge says the Trump administration has until "no later than Monday" to consider whether to pay at least partial SNAP food benefits to 42 million low-income people.

Minutes earlier, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ruled the administration was wrong that it was legally barred from using the contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits during the shutdow...