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You can now listen to Fox News articles! A coalition of 25 Democratic governors and attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for refusing to fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing government shutdown – arguing that suspending the aid disproportionately threatens to harm millions of vulnerable and low-income Americans. The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to compel the USDA to release a portion of the $9.2 billion allocated for SNAP benefits in November. The Trump administration said Friday that it would not use the Department of Agriculture’s nearly $5 billion emergency fund to cover SNAP food stamp benefits for November. Instead, they said the agency plans to keep it on hand to respond to natural disasters. Senate GOP split over millions at risk of losing food aid in lockdown U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 15. The disproportionate amount will currently harm an estimated 42 million Americans who are receiving SNAP assistance starting November 1st, when food assistance is scheduled to end. “Halting SNAP benefits will cause a deterioration in public health and well-being,” the state leaders said in the lawsuit. “Ultimately, states will bear the costs associated with many of these harms,” they added. “Loss of SNAP benefits causes food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition, which are associated with many negative health outcomes in children, such as poor concentration, reduced cognitive function, fatigue, depression, and behavioral problems.” Brian Steele at a press conference on the tenth day of the government shutdown in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 2025. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images) The lawsuit was brought by a coalition of attorneys general and state governors from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. In the near term, the states are asking U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, a Massachusetts federal judge assigned to the case, to order the Trump administration to release the USDA emergency funds to ensure that SNAP benefits are not disrupted starting November 1 to recipients. Schumer again blocks GOP bid to reopen government while not paying air traffic controllers (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The USDA, for its part, has yet to share details about the policy decision or its decision not to transfer the emergency funds to SNAP recipients. A note on its website simply states that “the well has run dry.” Click here to download the Fox News app “At this time, there will be no benefits issued on November 1,” the agency said. Brynn Depesch is a Fox News Digital national political reporter covering the Trump administration, focusing on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and the Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette, and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com or follow her on X at @breanne_dep. (Tag for translation)Donald Trump
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