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Instacart is one of several big companies reacting to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
A pair of federal judges ordered the Trump administration to keep SNAP payments flowing during the government shutdown, averting a lapse in food aid for millions of Americans.
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A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration move to suspend SNAP food benefits to 42 million Americans due to the ongoing government shutdown was likely against the law.
The hearing comes two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it can't continue funding it due to the shutdown.
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