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Police say their case cracked open after a tip led them to a car linked to the suspect.
That brought them to a car rental company that had images of him and paperwork with the suspect's real name.
Authorities say they're still investigating motive.
Tovia Smith, NPR News, Boston.
Food banks have already seen significant cuts in federal funds that help them buy local food.
Now they're bracing for federal SNAP spending to shrink by billions more as new laws begin to take effect.
Factor in the holidays and changes to other safety net programs like Medicaid and health insurance subsidies, and food bank executives like Eric Cooper of the San Antonio Food Bank are worried.
Trump administration officials are downplaying any negative impact of snap cuts, saying they're cracking down on, quote, proven cases of waste, fraud and abuse.
The Trump administration had asked the court to block a lower court order forcing the government to fully fund SNAP benefits, saying that was not the judiciary's call.
The administration pressed the case, even as it acknowledged that the deal now advancing to end the shutdown would restore full funding.
One lawyer for the administration told a lower court that would happen as soon as 24 hours later.
The Supreme Court did not speak to the merits of the case, but in a three-sentence order, it did note that Justice Katonji Brown Jackson, who allowed a previous pause while the case was on appeal, would not have allowed the Trump administration to continue avoiding false SNAP payments.
The Trump administration had asked the court to block a lower court order forcing the government to fully fund SNAP benefits, saying that was not the judiciary's call.
The administration pressed the case, even as it acknowledged that the deal now advancing to end the shutdown would restore full funding.
One lawyer for the administration told a lower court that would happen as soon as 24 hours later.
The Supreme Court did not speak to the merits of the case, but in a three-sentence order, it did note that Justice Katonji Brown Jackson, who allowed a previous pause while the case was on appeal, would not have allowed the Trump administration to continue avoiding false SNAP payments.
The Trump administration had asked the court to block a lower court order forcing the government to fully fund SNAP benefits, saying that was not the judiciary's call.