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(172,659 posts) Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:32 PM Nov 3

Live updates: Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges' rulings

Source: AP

President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown. The program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. It costs about $8 billion per month nationally.

It’s not clear how much beneficiaries will receive, nor how quickly beneficiaries will see value show up on the debit cards they use to buy groceries. The process of loading the SNAP cards, which involves steps by state and federal government agencies and vendors, can take up to two weeks in some states. The average monthly benefit is usually about $190 per person.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the nation’s largest food program, said last month that benefits for November wouldn’t be paid out due to the federal government shutdown. That set off a scramble by food banks, state governments and the nearly 42 million Americans who receive the aid to find ways to ensure access to groceries.

Read more: https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-11-3-2025

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Live updates: Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges' rulings (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 3 OP

Reduced... so kind of them. Sickos. kysrsoze Nov 3 #1

Partially funded to white males only? LiberalArkie Nov 3 #2

Here is AP's non-"Live updates" story (finally) BumRushDaShow Nov 3 #3

Like victims of domestic violence and abuse Generic Other Nov 3 #4

Kick BlueWavePsych Nov 3 #5

All of which tells us there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for them to scare people and they COULD fully fund Scrivener7 Nov 3 #6

Well, I think Trump should get a partial steak and tiny piece of chocolate cake for dinner!!! riversedge Nov 3 #7

Why would the process take "up to two weeks" when it is done the same way every month? hamsterjill Nov 3 #8

This should surprise bluestarone Nov 3 #9

The good news for those receiving federal food aid is that there will apparently be some relief. The bad news is it will LetMyPeopleVote Nov 3 #10

kysrsoze

(6,385 posts)

1. Reduced... so kind of them. Sickos.

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:35 PM

Nov 3

LiberalArkie

(19,119 posts)

2. Partially funded to white males only?

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:43 PM

Nov 3

BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)

3. Here is AP's non-"Live updates" story (finally)

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:52 PM

Nov 3

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

Generic Other

(29,070 posts)

4. Like victims of domestic violence and abuse

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:52 PM

Nov 3

He threatens to punish. He withholds necessary help, then partially restores it as if he is being benevolent. Makes no apologies for his actions. Blames the victim instead. Threatens more of the same if compliance to his demands is not immediate.

BlueWavePsych

(3,309 posts)

5. Kick

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:57 PM

Nov 3

Scrivener7

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6. All of which tells us there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for them to scare people and they COULD fully fund

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:10 PM

Nov 3

it if they wanted to.

riversedge

(78,834 posts)

7. Well, I think Trump should get a partial steak and tiny piece of chocolate cake for dinner!!!

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:52 PM

Nov 3

hamsterjill

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8. Why would the process take "up to two weeks" when it is done the same way every month?

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:48 PM

Nov 3

Excuses, excuses!!! How many people will go hungry waiting those two weeks.

Assholes! Every last one of them.

bluestarone

(20,783 posts)

9. This should surprise

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:12 PM

Nov 3

NOBODY!

LetMyPeopleVote

(172,659 posts)

10. The good news for those receiving federal food aid is that there will apparently be some relief. The bad news is it will

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:37 PM

Nov 3

The good news for those receiving federal food aid is that there will apparently be some relief. The bad news is it will be temporary and meager.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/response-court-ruling-trump-administration-partially-fund-snap-now-rcna241632

The longest government shutdown in American history, which spanned 35 days, began almost seven years ago, at roughly the

midpoint of Donald Trump’s first term. As is always the case, the shutdown was a multifaceted mess at the time, but in late 2018 and early 2019, the Republican president continued to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

As the ongoing government shutdown continues and policymakers prepare to break the record for the nation’s longest shutdown, low-income families have confronted an additional hardship: The White House balked at keeping federal food aid going during the political standoff, despite apparent legal requirements.....

As for the related legal fight, it was inevitable that the Republican administration’s decision to withhold food aid would lead to litigation — and the White House’s move did end up in court. It’s against this backdrop that NBC News reported:

The Trump administration said in court filings Monday that it would use contingency funds to provide partial SNAP benefits in November after a judge on Friday ordered the Department of Agriculture to disburse funding for the program. The administration said that it would use all $4.65 billion in contingency funds, which will cover about half of each eligible household’s benefits this month.

For struggling families facing scary conditions, the good news is that there will apparently be some relief, though there may be some logistical challenges in reopening the spigot that was closed over the weekend.

The bad news is that the relief will be temporary and meager: SNAP benefits were already modest (roughly 1 in 8 people get an average of $187 a month per person in SNAP), and “partial” payments means additional hardships.

As a New York Times report noted, this means “many low-income families could once again be in dire straits in a matter of days or weeks.” Watch this space.

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