US EditionTrump says he’s withholding SNAP benefits until shutdown ends
About 1 in 8 Americans will receive 65% of normal SNAP benefits in November due to funding shortfalls amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he might withhold SNAP benefits until the partial government shutdown ends.
- Facing a funding lapse, the Trump administration planned to stop funding SNAP if the shutdown persisted, with benefits not paid if it continued into Monday, after Congress failed to appropriate funds.
- Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the USDA to use a contingency fund holding about $4.65 billion and warned recalculating benefits could delay payments for weeks.
- Nearly 42 million people who receive SNAP face delays as state agencies warn that reprogramming eligibility systems could cause weeks-long benefit disruptions.
- The coalition of cities and nonprofits suing the USDA asked a federal court to compel full November SNAP payments, and advocates pointed to a child nutrition program account holding $9.2 billion and Section 32 to cover the $4 billion shortfall.
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