Patterson was appointed last week as Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief, making her the first woman to lead the department. Patterson, who was formerly Raleigh’s chief until March, started her career ...

A Massachusetts judge in a separate lawsuit also said the government must use its food aid contingency funds to pay for SNAP, but gave the Trump administration until Nov. 3 to come up with a plan.

She said no DHHS staff were available to speak about the situation, but said the funding will be “disrupted as soon as Oct. 31.” She attributed that to “the $33M underfunding of the Medicaid Oversight ...