Overview
- The USDA had warned SNAP was out of money, but Friday’s order requires payments to continue through November.
- More than 42 million people—about one in eight Americans—were set to miss benefits starting Saturday before the ruling.
- The decision follows a lawsuit by over twenty Democratic-led states seeking to force emergency financing for the program.
- Budget talks remain stalled as President Trump urges Senate Republicans to bypass the 60-vote threshold, and polls show more Americans blame him and the GOP for the shutdown.
- Food banks are organizing drives and preparing for longer lines, while separate concerns grow over expiring ACA subsidies and uncertainty about November military pay.