USDA orders states to "undo" full SNAP payments already issued

Date

Nov 8, 2025

Kind

Appropriations

Status

Mooted or reversed

Source

nbcnews.com ↗

Court or forum

D. Mass., Judge Talwani

What happened

A Saturday memo directed states that had sent full payment files to "immediately undo any steps taken," warning of cancelled administrative cost share and state liability; Talwani stayed it, saying "vindictive games with the states" were not appropriate.

Publisher

NBC News