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November 8, 2025
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Supreme Court rules full Snap food benefits can be temporarily halted
NOV 8 - The US Supreme Court has issued an emergency order temporarily allowing the Trump administration to withhold billions of dollars worth of funding Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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The US Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), also known as food stamps. This decision overturns a lower court ruling that mandated full payment to millions of low-income Americans amidst the ongoing federal government shutdown.
- The Snap program serves 42 million Americans, costing nearly $9 billion monthly.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued the administrative stay, freezing the lower court's ruling for two days.
- A Rhode Island judge, John McConnell, accused the administration of withholding aid "for political reasons," stating 16 million children were at risk of hunger.
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