Federal judge directs Trump admin to fully pay November SNAP benefits by Friday
U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. criticized the administration for not better preparing to fund the food stamp program, which would impact roughly 42 million people who currently receive SNAP benefits.
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to find the necessary funding to fully pay November's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by Friday.
The ruling comes after the Trump administration said it would only fund parts of the benefits during the government shutdown due to a lack of federal funding. Previous court orders have demanded President Donald Trump uses emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. criticized the administration for not better preparing to fund the food stamp program, which would impact roughly 42 million people who currently receive SNAP benefits.
“The defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP,” McConnell said. “They knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial Snap payments and failed to consider the harms individual who rely on those benefits would suffer.”
The administration is currently expected to only fund up to 65% of the maximum benefit, per the Associated Press. The program costs more than $8 billion per month nationally.
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
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