Child care advocates speak at a news conference last month in the Minnesota state capitol building in St. Paul. Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP hide caption toggle caption Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP The Trump administration has escalated its campaign against alleged benefits fraud, freezing social services funding for five Democratic-led states and announcing a new fraud-focused position in the Justice […]
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Young people to lose benefits if they decline work, says minister
Paul Seddon,Political reporterand Kathryn Armstrong Pat McFadden says government’s youth plans a ‘strong offer of help’ Young people will be stripped of their right to claim benefits if they refuse a taxpayer-funded job after 18 months without a job, the work and pensions secretary says. Pat McFadden told the BBC they would need a “good […]
Some food banks see up to 1,800% surge in demand since SNAP benefits were halted
Food banks and pantries have been experiencing historic demand since SNAP benefits halted on Nov. 1 for many Americans due to the federal government shutdown. That halt affected nearly 42 million Americans, many of whom are older or low-income, and use benefits to help pay for groceries and other essentials. The government shutdown looks to […]
Trump directs states to ‘undo’ full November SNAP benefits : NPR
Jen Janecek Hartman helps prepare bagged meals for a food bank for students at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must “immediately undo” any actions they have made to provide benefits to […]
States start to issue full SNAP benefits after court order : NPR
A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a bakery as a woman walks past in Chicago, Nov. 2. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration’s request to block full SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown, even as residents in some states […]
Some states begin issuing SNAP benefits as legal battle continues
At least six states say they have began issuing SNAP benefits under the direction of the federal agency that operates SNAP, even as the Trump administration is fighting a judge’s ruling ordering those benefits to be paid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, told states Friday afternoon that it […]
Judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits by Friday, rebukes Trump
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November by Friday. “People have gone without for too long, not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable,” said U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. […]
When SNAP benefits will arrive may depend on where you live. Here’s what communities are doing to help : NPR
A person picks out greens at One Life Food Pantry, located in Real Life Foursquare Church in Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 1, 2025. Eli Imadali/OPB hide caption toggle caption Eli Imadali/OPB The Trump administration says it will restart the national food aid program known as SNAP using money from a Department of Agriculture contingency fund […]
SNAP benefits run dry as government shutdown continues, here’s how states are stepping in
Beginning Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown continues. The Department of Agriculture has said that funding for this month’s benefits, which it says comes to about $9.5 billion, has run dry. A store displays a sign […]
Trump administration blocked from suspending Snap benefits for millions of Americans | Trump administration
Two federal judges issued back-to-back rulings on Friday in separate cases ordering the Trump administration to use contingency funds to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday afternoon blocked the Trump administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans, in a case brought […]