Trump Administration Orders States To ‘Immediately Undo’ Work Sending Out Full Food Stamp Benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ordered states to “immediately cancel” their efforts to distribute full food stamp benefits in November.
“To the extent that states sent complete SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was not authorized,” Saturday’s memo said. “Accordingly, states should immediately reverse any action taken to provide full SNAP benefits for November 2025.”
According to the USDA memo, states should only provide partial benefits and risk financial consequences if they don’t comply with the requirements.
The memo follows an order issued Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allowing the Trump administration to withhold some funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s order stayed a lower court’s directive that ordered the Trump administration to fully fund food stamps during the shutdown. (RELATED: Democrats vow to pursue shutdown for sake of party ‘brand’)
🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court rules IN FAVOR that President Trump not be forced to spend money the government doesn’t have on SNAP during the shutdown, for now.
Absurd is a question.
You can’t find money out of nothing. pic.twitter.com/pG8Lz31bJZ
– Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 8, 2025
Before the Supreme Court’s ruling Friday, the USDA told states in a memo that it would comply with a federal judge’s order to fully fund SNAP. After receiving the memo, some states immediately began working to provide full SNAP benefits. (RELATED: Trump admin to partially fund food stamps following rulings by Obama-appointed judges)
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Oregon, Hawaii and Pennsylvania released full benefits Friday. Colorado, North Carolina and Illinois plan to provide benefits. Delaware used state money for emergency aid.
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers issued a one-word statement regarding the administration’s latest memo: “No.”
Last night, the Trump administration sent a letter suggesting that Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My answer ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/0s9Cb8Z9T1
– Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) November 9, 2025
“Pursuant to a court order, Wisconsin legally loaded FoodShare payments onto the cards,” Evers posted on
SNAP, which costs about $9.2 billion each month, dried up on November 1 due to the current government shutdown that now lasts 40 days. Nearly 42 million Americans are expected to receive only partial aid due to lack of funding.
