Low-Income People Sue Trump Officials to Fund Food Benefits (2)

The Trump administration faces a new challenge in the battle over food assistance benefits amid a federal funding lapse — a lawsuit filed by recipients who say they’re in danger of going hungry.

The proposed class-action suit comes as the administration has sent conflicting signals about whether it will comply with court orders to continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that serves 42 million low-income people.

President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Tuesday that SNAP benefits would not go out until Democrats in Congress agreed to end the government shutdown. But later in the ...