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The Agriculture Department faces a court order to release SNAP benefits the department refuses to fund this month with the government shut down, and the Supreme Court considers this week whether President Donald Trump has the right to impose his most sweeping tariffs.

The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while across the country a judge in Portland,