Supreme Court Allows Trump To Withhold Full SNAP Benefits Amid Government Shutdown in Emergency Order

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Supreme Court allows Trump admin to temporarily withhold full SNAP benefits amid government shutdown in emergency order

By Ariel Zilber, NY Post, Nov. 7, 2025:

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Trump’s administration to temporarily withhold roughly $4 billion needed to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans, escalating a showdown over hunger relief during the historic government shutdown.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay pausing a lower-court order that required full November payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The stay will remain in effect until two days after the Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals rules on the administration’s formal request to limit payments.

US District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island had ordered the government on Thursday to use all available funds — including a separate $23.35 billion child-nutrition account supported by tariffs — to cover the full $8.5 to $9 billion cost of November SNAP benefits.

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