Overview
- The First Circuit upheld an order requiring full November SNAP payments, but the Supreme Court temporarily stayed it as the administration seeks further relief.
- The Trump administration stopped SNAP funding after October during the shutdown, later authorizing up to 65% of normal benefits while arguing remaining funds may be needed elsewhere.
- Access now varies by state, with full payments reported in places like Hawaii and New Jersey, no payments in Nebraska and West Virginia, and partial amounts in others such as North Carolina and Texas.
- Senators approved a bipartisan bill to reopen the government and replenish SNAP, yet House action and any presidential signature remain unresolved, leaving the timing of restored payments uncertain.
- Judge Julie Rikelman warned of 'immense' harm if full payments are blocked, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson set a deadline for the government's response, and a Massachusetts court halted a USDA notice that threatened states over paying full benefits.