Food Stamp Payments Could Restart by Nov. 5 as Ordered by Judge: Bessent

Food Stamp Payments Could Restart by Nov. 5 as Ordered by Judge: Bessent

An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store in the Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Oct. 30, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The Trump administration is waiting to hear from the courts on funding food stamp benefits for low-income Americans during the ongoing government shutdown, and payments could restart by Nov. 5 per a court order, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Bessent was asked by CNN’s “State of the Union” on Nov. 2 about the recent federal court ruling in Rhode Island that ordered the Trump administration to make full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food aid benefit payments available by Nov. 3 or partial payments by Nov. 5.
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