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ReutersA sign for food stamps stands, as the U.S. President Donald Trump administration said it plans on Monday to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown, outside a grocery story in Baldwin, New York, U.S., November 3, 2025. The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund on Monday food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown. The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan in a filing in federal court in Rhode Island at the direction of a judge who had last week ordered it to use emergency funds to at least partially cover November's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The U.S. Department of Justice said the USDA is complying with U.S. District Judge John McConnell's order and "will fulfill its obligation to expend the full amount of SNAP contingency funds today." But while the administration said it would fully deplete the $5.25 billion in contingency funds, it would not use other funding that would allow it to fully fund SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans, which cost $8 billion to $9 billion per month. Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) Read More News onTrump administrationfood aid benefitsSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Programemergency fundsgovernment shutdownSNAP benefitsUS Department of AgricultureU.S. District Judge John McConnellcontingency fundsU.S. Department of Agriculture (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)Read More News onTrump administrationfood aid benefitsSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Programemergency fundsgovernment shutdownSNAP benefitsUS Department of AgricultureU.S. District Judge John McConnellcontingency fundsU.S. Department of Agriculture(Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless Explore More Stories123
