Court orders sustenance of SNAP

Two federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration cannot suspend funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as “food stamps.” Congressional Democrats have blocked the current federal spending bill, forcing a government shutdown, so snap funds would have run out Saturday. U.S. district judges Indira Talwani and John J. McConnell Jr. ruled that the government must resort to emergency funds to sustain the program. Political analysts expected such a ruling, but the fact that 42 million Americans receive federal food assistance, and that this assistance almost ran out, highlights how close the nation is to bankruptcy, crisis, civil unrest and rioting.