Judge Blasts ‘Political Game’ Over US Food Aid Suspension
Residents wait in line at Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen free meal distribution site for furloughed federal workers in Washington on Oct. 27.
Photographer: Kent Nishimura/BloombergA federal judge in Boston signaled she may rule that the Trump administration likely violated US law in suspending food-aid benefits to millions of low-income US households during the government shutdown, and she criticized the “political game” being played with American lives.
At a court hearing Thursday, US District Judge Indira Talwani heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by more than two dozen Democratic-led states seeking to keep federal dollars flowing to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The judge said she will issue a ruling later in the day.