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STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a Halloween dinner at Mar-a-Lago Friday (October 31) night where he was joined by members of his family and cabinet and other guests.

The dinner comes as two federal judges ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration cannot suspend food aid for millions of Americans during the ongoing government shutdown.

The dual rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island came in a pair of lawsuits seeking to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture's suspension on Saturday of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as SNAP or food stamps.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been trading blame for the prolonged shutdown, which has put SNAP benefits in jeopardy.

It was not immediately clear whether the rulings mean that benefits will be paid on November 1.

Both judges ordered the administration to report back to them on Monday on how it will comply with their decisions.

Trump said on social media that the federal government likely does not have legal authority to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, and that his lawyers are asking courts "to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible."