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00:00Trump Admin Orders States to Reverse SNAP Payments After Supreme Court Stay
00:05The Trump administration has instructed states to rescind Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
00:10Program payments made earlier this month, following a Supreme Court order that temporarily
00:15blocked lower court rulings allowing full benefits during the government shutdown.
00:19According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed state SNAP
00:24directors that benefits distributed under those rulings are now considered unauthorized.
00:29In a memo issued Saturday, Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture Patrick Penn stated that states
00:36must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025, warning
00:43that noncompliance could result in penalties.
00:46The directive follows a legal tug-of-war between the administration and several states that
00:51sought to continue full SNAP disbursements amid the shutdown.
00:55Lower courts had sided with non-profit groups and Democratic attorneys general, permitting
00:59the benefits, but Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson issued a stay Friday night pending the Supreme
01:04Court's review of the Trump administration's appeal.
01:07The order has drawn bipartisan criticism.
01:10Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska argued that states should not be penalized for
01:15acting under valid court orders.
01:17Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said the benefits had already been processed and advised
01:22residents to use their existing funds.
01:25Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers warned that halting reimbursements could affect 700,000 residents,
01:31including 270,000 children, while Maryland Governor Wes Moore condemned what he described
01:37as intentional chaos from the administration.
01:40The dispute underscores the broader fallout from the 40-day government shutdown, which has
01:45disrupted essential services and strained federal-state coordination.
01:49As the Supreme Court reviews the case, millions of Americans remain uncertain about their access
01:54to food assistance in the coming weeks.
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