Government shutdown impact on SNAP
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Government shutdown effects bear down on millions more people after a crucial Nov. 1 deadline passes
Despite a judge's ruling ordering the administration to fund SNAP benefits, President Donald Trump said that November's payments were likely to be delayed.
With the SNAP program scheduled to run out of funds, nonprofits dedicated to serving the hungry were bracing for a spike in visitors.
Federal judges ruled Friday, Oct. 31 that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP food aid benefits during the government shutdown with contingency funds.
Get live updates and the latest news as the government shutdown hits the one month mark, with Trump administration promising military paychecks but not SNAP funds.
States, cities and nonprofits had sued to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits starting on Saturday, after the Trump administration said it would not fund them.
The action comes two days after more than two dozen states sued the USDA, the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits.
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Live updates: Ruling orders USDA to use emergency SNAP funds; Trump, Johnson at odds over filibuster
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Agriculture to tap its emergency funds to keep the program feeding millions of Americans afloat amid the government shutdown. U.S. District
Get live updates and the latest news as Trump concludes Asia trip after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea and the government shutdown continues.