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Trump administration cannot withhold $4 billion for food aid, US appeals court rules

  • Sunday, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to halt a Rhode Island judge's order requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to spend $4 billion for SNAP benefits.
  • The Trump administration on Oct. 24 broke decades of precedent by refusing November SNAP payments, blaming Congress for the funding gap, while plaintiffs sued in Rhode Island U.S. District Court.
  • Judge Jack McConnell ordered the USDA to tap contingency funds, while Rikelman criticized that 'the government sat on its hands for nearly a month, unprepared to make partial payments.'
  • Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson paused the order for 48 hours after the appeals panel ruling, following USDA warnings of penalties to states that issued full SNAP benefits.
  • SNAP benefits cost about $8 billion each month, and the Senate advanced a bipartisan deal that could reopen the government and fully fund SNAP through next September.
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Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits

A 'We Accept (Food Stamps)' sign hangs in the window of a grocery store on Oct. 31, 2025 in Miami, Florida.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The Trump administration continued Monday to press the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions requiring the federal government pay for full benefits for a major food program, even as Congress appeared to approach an end to the record-breaking government shutdown. Late Sunday, the 1st U.S. Ci…

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