US EditionBessent signals SNAP benefits could restart Wednesday
Two federal judges ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to continue SNAP payments for 42 million Americans despite the government shutdown.
- On Friday, two federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to tap contingency funds to continue SNAP after benefits halted on Nov. 1, affecting 42 million people.
- Since Oct. 1, the shutdown led the Trump administration to direct states administering SNAP to withhold November benefits, despite a contingency fund of about $6 billion identified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Most recipients are elderly, children or disabled, with food banks reporting long lines, including the Houston Food Bank’s highest demand since the pandemic.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration will not appeal court orders and faces a noon Monday deadline to update a federal court, with SNAP payments possibly restarting by Nov. 5 or Wednesday.
- More than one million New York households may miss November SNAP benefits; data show 1,152,804 households receive SNAP, with the Bronx and Brooklyn facing the heaviest impacts.
281 Articles
281 Articles
Trump administration will partially restore food benefit funding after judges’ ruling
The Trump administration says it will restart the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but will only pay half the amount people usually get. The move comes after two federal judges ruled that freezing payments for the U.S.'s biggest anti-hunger program is unlawful.
Trump Refuses to Abide by Court Order Requiring Release of SNAP Funds to Families
Washington – Today President Trump issued a statement via social media indicating that his administration will refuse to abide by two recent federal court orders requiring him to use existing funds to resume providing SNAP nutrition benefits to low-income families. In response, Food & Water Watch’s managing director of policy and litigation, Mitch Jones, made the following statement: “At a time when rampant corporate consolidation has driven g…
By Adam Cancryn, CNN - President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to withhold essential food assistance until the government shutdown ends, despite his administration telling a court this week that it would continue funding partial benefits. Benefits provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) “will be delivered only when those radical left Democrats reopen the government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump wrot…
sgtreport.com
The Last RefugeUSDA Will Exhaust All Emergency Funds to Pay Food Stamp Benefits at 50 Percent for November, After That No Money
from The Conservative Treehouse: No amount of judicial activism can get blood from a stone. After the Rhode Island judge demanded the USDA pay food stamp benefits from an emergency/disaster fund, Deputy Under Secretary of the Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS) at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Patrick Penn, files a court response saying […]
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 59% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
