(WFSB) -Two federal judges have ruled the Trump administration must continue to fund SNAP benefits to millions of Americans, a major development as roughly 360,000 people in Connecticut rely on SNAP. Payments were set to freeze, but people aren’t sure if or when the money would actually reach them.

Two judges could rule as soon as Friday on whether President Donald Trump’s administration must replenish SNAP food aid benefits for November despite the government shutdown.

The judge sided with the states in the order granted Oct. 31, saying, "As a matter of law... (the Trump administration) erred in concluding that USDA is statutorily prohibited from using the continge...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees SNAP, said there will not be enough funding to give enrolled Americans their food benefits next month.

With the federal government shutdown heading into its second month, November, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is being affected.

The federal government has announced that there will not be new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits starting on November 1st.

Democratic state attorneys general or governors from 25 states, as well as the District of Columbia, challenged the plan to pause the program, contending that the administration has a legal obligatio...