Jen Janecek Hartman helps put together bagged meals for a meals financial institution for college kids at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish School, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New City, N.D.
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The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they have to “instantly undo” any actions they’ve made to offer advantages to low-income households by way of the Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP).
“To the extent States despatched full SNAP fee recordsdata for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States should instantly undo any steps taken to problem full SNAP advantages for November 2025,” the U.S. Division of Agriculture mentioned in a launch. “Please advise the suitable FNS Regional Workplace consultant of steps taken to right any actions taken that don’t adjust to this memorandum.”
The directive follows an administrative keep granted by the U.S. Supreme Court docket late Friday quickly blocking a decrease court docket order that ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP advantages in full for November.

The excessive court docket mentioned its order would final till the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the First Circuit acted on the administration’s request in that court docket for a keep.