US EditionVance calls court order to fully fund SNAP ‘absurd ruling’
The court ruled Trump administration must fund 100% of SNAP benefits for nearly 42 million recipients after partial funding threatened aid during government shutdown.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered President Donald Trump to fully fund SNAP benefits for November, giving the administration until Friday to restore paused payments.
- Challengers including cities and nonprofits argued the administration offered 65% of the maximum benefit instead of 100% and ignored harms from delayed SNAP payments.
- Nearly 42 million Americans rely on SNAP, and the program costs more than $8 billion per month.
- Vice President JD Vance responded that it is "an absurd ruling" and blamed Democrats for the shutdown, saying Americans have waited 40 days, while the administration said it must "remain liquid".
- Payments were paused amid the government shutdown, and President Donald Trump tied resumption to Democrats reopening the government, urging calls to Senate Democrats on Truth Social.
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Trump administration to fully fund government food assistance
The Trump administration said it will comply with a court order to fully fund a government food assistance program. It comes as the federal government shutdown is set to stretch into its seventh week. NBC News’ Peter Alexander reports.
Trump DOJ Appeals Ruling Ordering It to Fully Fund SNAP Benefits for November
Nam Y. Huh/APThe Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday to a judge’s order that the administration pay full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for approximately 42 million Americans.“The district court’s order replaces the agency’s prudent choice in this situation—a temporary reduction in November SNAP benefits—with a significantly more tumultuous one with long-term consequences into next year,” the Friday filin…
Federal judge orders Trump to fully fund SNAP; USDA wastes no time filing appeal
Shelves of canned goods await clients before the opening of the food pantry at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Newport on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Photo by Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use available contingency funds and other allocated emergency subsidies to restore the full $9 billion in November food stamp benefits by Friday, a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Thursd…
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