US EditionTrump 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…
Trump, states back in court over SNAP as benefits remain in legal limbo
Lawyers for roughly two dozen states will head to court Monday to block the Trump administration's attempt to penalize them for making full payments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The filing is the latest in a chaotic, fast-moving legal saga centered on the status of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, which supports 42 million low-income Americans and remains stalled as a result of the ongoing government s…
Lewiston Sun Journal
Portland Press HeraldMainers start to receive SNAP benefits again, despite confusion over funding
An appeals court Sunday night refused a request from the Trump administration to stop full benefits for households that quality for food assistance.
Observador
DnoticiasA Court of Appeal in Boston held an order on Sunday to restore the support, but the Supreme Court asked the Trump Government to speak until the end of this afternoon.
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