USDA Halts November Food Stamps for 42 Million People as More Than Two Dozen States Sue

Date

Oct 28, 2025

Outcome

Administration lost

Posture

Merits

Party

United States

Source

npr.org ↗

Publisher

NPR

Disposition

Suit filed October 28, 2025 in the District of Massachusetts; on October 31, 2025 a federal judge ordered the administration to draw on SNAP contingency funds for November benefits, and the administration subsequently said it would pay about half of full

Caveat

The order followed the announcement that benefits would not be paid, and only about half of full benefits were funded.

Ledger id

1600

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