USDA Stops Full Food Stamp Benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has instructed states to “immediately halt” plans to provide complete food stamp benefits for November.
A memo issued on Saturday stated that any state that submitted a full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment file for November 2025 did so without authorization. As a result, states are required to reverse any actions taken toward distributing full benefits for that month.
The USDA’s message indicated that states should only issue partial benefits and warned of potential financial repercussions for failing to comply.
This directive comes on the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that permitted the Trump administration to temporarily withhold funding for certain SNAP benefits. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s order set aside a lower court’s ruling that had mandated full food stamp benefits during the ongoing government shutdown.
🚨BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of President Trump, preventing him from being forced to spend money the government doesn’t have for SNAP during the government shutdown at this time.
That’s an absurd question.
You can’t create money out of nothing.
Before the Supreme Court’s decision, the USDA had signaled its intention to comply with a federal judge’s order to fully fund SNAP. After that communication, several states began to implement plans for complete distribution of benefits. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Oregon, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania all issued full benefits on Friday, while Colorado, North Carolina, and Illinois prepared to do the same. Delaware resorted to state funds for emergency relief.
In a brief response to the latest memo, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, simply stated, “No.”
Last night, the Trump administration sent a letter suggesting that Wisconsin should return its Food Share payments.
My reply ⬇️
Evers remarked on social media that Wisconsin legally processed the Food Share payments as required by the court order. He criticized the Trump administration for attempting to retract these payments from nearly 700,000 residents, including about 270,000 children, describing the action as “pathetic.”
SNAP expenditures total approximately $9.2 billion monthly, but funding was depleted on November 1 because of the ongoing government shutdown, which has now extended for 40 days. Consequently, around 42 million Americans will receive only partial assistance due to this funding shortfall.
