US EditionVance Blasts Court Order to Fund SNAP as ‘Absurd’
A federal judge ordered full November funding for SNAP benefits for 42 million recipients despite the Trump administration's political resistance during the government shutdown.
- On November 7, 2025, U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the Department of Agriculture to pay November's SNAP benefits in full by Friday, warning SNAP recipients could go hungry and food pantries strained.
- With the federal government partially shut since October 1, the Trump administration withheld SNAP funding for political reasons, prompting the Department of Justice to appeal while the White House planned to pay half of November's benefits.
- Criticizing the order, Vice President JD Vance said `It's an absurd ruling`, asserting the administration won't act under a federal judge's orders, while Trump added `We can't give everything away` from the White House East Room.
- SNAP recipients are turning to food banks and airports face long lines and cancellations, while Democrats applauded the judge's order to continue SNAP payments amid political debate.
- McConnell warned that the president's social post suggested intent to defy a court order, with critics noting this resistance to funding SNAP foreshadows extended legal battles.
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Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP pause, says payments being issued
Full SNAP food benefit payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due to receive them at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, whom he accused of…
Josh Shapiro Calls Out JD Vance’s Appalachia Roots In Slam Over SNAP Benefits Cut
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) delivered a blistering rebuke of Vice President JD Vance at a Philadelphia press conference on Friday, fuming that he “turned his damn back” on the Appalachian communities he once claimed to represent and of overseeing policies that leave Americans “hungry.” Shapiro’s comments came after he was asked by a reporter about Vance’s public condemnation of a court-ordered directive to release SNAP funding as “abs…
Trump’s 'law school graduate' VP gets history lesson over 'absurd' constitutional claim
Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade on Friday gave the Trump administration a legal history lesson after Vice President JD Vance claimed it would not deliver Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds to hungry Americans despite a court order to do so.U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Thursday “ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund” the program through November by Friday, ABC News reports.Asked …
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Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments
Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
‘We’re Not Going To Do It’: JD Vance Blasts Judge for Siding with Hungry Americans in SNAP Funding Ruling
Vice President JD Vance is taking aim at a federal judge’s decision ordering the government to continue paying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — even in the middle of a partial federal shutdown. “The president and the entire administration are working on that, but we’re not going to do it under the orders of a federal judge. We’re going to do it according to what we think we have to do to comply with the law,” Vance tol…
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