A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.
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A federal judge was asked Tuesday to effectively force the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, a day after the administration said that it would only pay half of those food stamp costs for November.
Lawyers for plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the continuation of the SNAP benefits told the judge that the administration’s decision to pay partial benefits out of a contingency fund did not meet his prior order in the case.
About 42 million Americans receive food stamp benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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