US EditionTrump administration orders states to undo full SNAP benefits for November
- On Sunday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered states to undo steps issuing full SNAP benefits for November 2025 after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused a lower-court order.
- A district judge Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits for November, but USDA warnings last month said the well has run dry and no benefits would be issued November 1.
- Nearly 42 million Americans rely on SNAP monthly, and the government shutdown caused the program's first lapse in its 61-year history, while Wisconsin loaded benefits for nearly 700,000 residents, including nearly 270,000 kids.
- States now face possible penalties, as the USDA warned on Sunday it may cancel the Federal share of State administrative costs and hold states liable for overissuances, risking unpaid vendors and legal claims.
- Nonprofits and Democratic attorneys general sued to force November coverage, while food banks have been swamped last month as hundreds of thousands of federal workers and millions lost benefits.
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Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits paid for November; Oregon won’t - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
All Oregon SNAP recipients had their full benefits by Friday and can continue to use them, Gov. Tina Kotek said By Jacob Fischler, States Newsroom Following a late Friday emergency ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Trump administration has instructed states that authorized full November nutrition assistance benefits to return a portion, another unprecedented reversal for a program that helps 42 million people afford groceries. A Saturday m…
Trump administration pressures states to withdraw SNAP payments
US officials demanded Sunday that states “undo” full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that were paid out last week under court orders. Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), released a memorandum that called for states to “immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025,” as any payments made were “unauthorized.” The demand followed the US Supreme …
AG Bonta Seeks Court Clarification on USDA Demand to Claw Back SNAP Benefits
As poor Americans continue to be pawns in the Trump administration's gameplay over the government shutdown, California Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking guidance from the Supreme Court over how to address the administration's latest "capricious" demand.The saga over SNAP payments to 42 million low-income Americans continues this week, as Congress gets closer to a vote to reopen the federal government. Over the weekend, the US Department of A…
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Ellison, other attorneys general fight Trump administration’s clawback of SNAP benefits
ST. PAUL — Although the end of a federal government shutdown is within sight, the fight between a coalition of Democratic attorneys general — including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison — and the Trump administration continues to brew over SNAP funding. The focus of the dispute concerns a directive from the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued over the weekend to claw back food-aid benefits that were authorized in response to a court ord…
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