BREAKING: Tr*mp *dministration M*st Use *mergency F*nds For SN*P B*nefits D*ring G*vernment Sh*tdown, F*deral J*dge R*les

A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding during the government shutdown using contingency funds.

The ruling comes one day before funding for the program was set to lapse.

U.S District Judge John McConnell, an Obama appointee, ordered the