Overview
- Lower courts ordered full November SNAP benefits and the 1st Circuit affirmed, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a temporary stay as the Supreme Court considers the case.
- USDA sent multiple, conflicting directives to states, including an order to reverse full issuances that a federal judge temporarily blocked on Monday.
- States took divergent paths: several issued full payments, others partial amounts, and some none at all, leaving millions uncertain about timing and totals.
- The Senate advanced a stopgap bill to reopen the government and fund SNAP through September 2026, with the House expected to take up the measure this week.
- Food banks and local groups report surging demand and confusion among recipients, even as a DOJ attorney told a judge the agency is not seeking to pull funds already on recipients’ cards.