A federal judge in Boston seemed skeptical of the Trump administration’s plan to stop funding the SNAP food aid program amid 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.

A federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration must tap into a contingency fund to help cover food stamp benefits during the government shutdown, an order that came just one day before recipients were set to miss benefits.

The Justice Department argued that the food stamp program, which feeds more than 40 million Americans, effectively did not exist anymore due to the shutdown.

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings Friday came a

A pair of federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must use emergency funding to restore at least some SNAP food benefits — one day before the US Department of Agriculture had warned money for the program would run out due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Donald Trump says his administration will follow a judicial ruling and provide the emergency funding necessary to fund SNAP food benefits in November once a federal court clarifies how the money can be legally supplied.

A second federal judge in Boston on Friday told the Trump administration they are required to use emergency funding to keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, food benefits going despite pushback from Trump.