Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit Tuesday morning.
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The governor's office says the Trump administration is putting millions of Americans at risk of hunger by refusing to fund food assistance benefits, despite the Department of Agriculture (USDA) having funds to continue supporting the program next month.
More than five million Californians stand to lose critical access to food assistance.
"While Donald Trump parades around the world trying to repair the economic damage he's done with his incompetence, he's denying food to millions of Americans who will go hungry next month," said Newsom in a statement. "It's cruel and speaks to his basic lack of humanity. He doesn't care about the people of this country, only himself."
Newsom is fast-tracking $80 million in state funds to support food banks and has deployed the California National Guard to assist.
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