Food Stamp Payments Could Restart by Wednesday as Ordered by Judge: Bessent

Food Stamp Payments Could Restart by Wednesday as Ordered by Judge: Bessent

An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City 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 Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday.
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