Trump admin agrees to fund some SNAP benefits amid shutdown
An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on Oct. 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
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The Trump administration told a federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday that it would tap billions of dollars in contingency funds to help pay for at least some SNAP benefits during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
The administration, in a court filing, told the judge it had declined the option he suggested of making the full November payments for SNAP benefits by using money from the Child Nutrition Program and other unspecified funds.
SNAP provides food stamps to about 42 million Americans.
Judge Jack McConnell on Friday had ruled that the Trump administration could not cease payment of the SNAP benefits.
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