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Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to keep paying food assistant benefits known as SNAP.

It's unclear if the administration will comply with the orders.

Just before that ruling, Trump blamed Democrats for the funds running out this weekend amid

the federal government shutdown. NPR Sam Greenglass has more.

The Trump administration has said it cannot use contingency funds for SNAP, even as it's

repurposed other funds to pay U.S. troops and others.

Aboard Air Force One, Trump said SNAP would be funded if Democrats reopened the government.

I'm president. I want to help everybody. I want to help Democrats and the Republicans.

But when you're talking about SNAP, if you look, it's largely Democrats. They're hurting

their own people. Just before the rulings, Trump told reporters he's always willing to meet with

Democrats. All they have to do

is open the country. Trump is not in town this weekend anyway. He'll be attending a Halloween party

at Mar-a-Lago tonight. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, West Palm Beach, Florida. And amid the government

shut down, the White House confirms that military personnel are being paid today.

While members of Congress remain deadlocked over reopening the government, the Trump administration is moving money around to selectively fund military pay, but not other programs.

And peers Daniel Kurtzleben has more.

An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson confirms reporting

originally done by Axios, saying that the agency is using around $5 billion from a military

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