Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday
Judge McConnell ordered use of $4.65 billion contingency funds plus child nutrition reserves to ensure full SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans amid government shutdown.
- A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November's food assistance benefits by Friday.
- Judge John J. McConnell Jr. stated, 'The record is clear that the administration did neither' in regard to funding shortages.
- McConnell emphasized that USDA 'cannot now cry that it cannot get timely payments to beneficiaries for weeks or months because states are not prepared to make partial payments.'
- McConnell described delays in payments as 'simply unacceptable' and required updates from the Trump administration on efforts to fund the program.
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Even if the shutdown ends, food support providers say impacts will be lasting
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro on Tuesday, July 1. (Molly Ingram / WSHU)The last two weeks have brought chaos for food assistance programs and the people who rely on them. Advocates say it will have a lasting impact — even if the shutdown ends soon.Funding for SNAP has been allocated, paused, reinstated, and canceled again, multiple times. It strained local food pantries and the state agencies that scrambled to lessen the impact on hungry resi…
The Trump administration orders states to reverse full SNAP benefits sent for November
The Trump administration has paused SNAP payments amid the government shutdown.SAUL LOEB / AFPThe Trump administration said states must "undo" steps taken to issue full November SNAP benefits.Trump pauses the hunger relief benefits during the government shutdown.The benefits are now in limbo as courts weigh the legality of the order.The Trump administration says states must "immediately undo" any steps taken to send full SNAP benefits in Novembe…
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