Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments
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"Once more, the government unequivocally agrees that any lapse in SNAP funding is tragic," the solicitor general said.
At 12:45 p.m. Monday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is holding a press conference on protecting SNAP benefits for New Jerseyans. You can watch the press conference streaming on CBS News Philadelphia.
After a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits, Vice President JD Vance called the ruling "absurd."
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York state agencies will issue full federal SNAP benefits for November.
Governor Maura Healey said that delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits went out to Massachusetts recipients and that they should still be used despite a new USDA order.
Trump prompted further concern when he threatened to withhold SNAP benefits until the end of the government shutdown.
Speaking from the White House, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "The administration is fully complying with that court order."
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