The Trump administration faces a new challenge in the battle over food assistance benefits amid a federal funding lapse — a lawsuit filed by recipients who say they’re in danger of going hungry.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November by tomorrow. "People have gone without for too long,

Instead of receiving 50% of their usual monthly benefit, many households will receive much less, or perhaps nothing at all.

The White House on Tuesday confirmed that it would follow through on plans to partially fund critical food aid during the government shutdown, despite President Donald Trump’s threat just hours earlier that he would withhold the federal assistance.

The president suggested earlier in the day that he would withhold food stamp payments despite a court order mandating the administration pay partial benefits.

President Donald Trump caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that

Prior presidential administrations have continued paying SNAP benefits during past shutdowns of the U.S. government.

Louisiana stepped in at the start of the month to replace food assistance the federal government was withholding as part of the continuing shutdown. But now that two separate courts have ordered the Trump administration to use a contingency fund to resume assistance,