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Speaker 1: Just a day before federal grocery benefits were due to

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Speaker 1: be halted. Both Boston Federal Judge India Tulwanie and Rhode

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Speaker 1: Island Federal Judge John McConnell have directed the Trump administration

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Speaker 1: to tap into contingency funds during the shutdown and keep

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Speaker 1: funding Snap in Boston Federal Courts Judge Shelwanee said Massachusetts

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Speaker 1: and other states are likely to succeed in arguing that

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Speaker 1: the USDA's suspension is illegal. She wants to hear back

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Speaker 1: from the government by Monday on whether they'll partially pay

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Speaker 1: for November benefits with contingency funds or fund them fully.

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Speaker 1: The government has argued that it can't tap into those funds,

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Speaker 1: and appeals are likely. About one in eight Americans use

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Speaker 1: Snap to put food on the table. Madison Rogers WBZ,

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Speaker 1: Boston's news radio