States SNAP back, sue Trump administration over food aid cutoff
Attorneys general and governors from 25 Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit on Oct. 28 in an attempt to force the Trump administration to fund the nation’s largest food aid program benefits amid the federal government shutdown.
The suit, filed in federal court in Boston, comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it can't use contingency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. About 42 million Americans rely on the federal program, which provides low-income families monthly benefits to afford healthy food.
The lawsuit argues suspending SNAP benefits is avoidable, arbitrary and is being carried out in violation of the Food and Nutrition Act, which requires that “assistance under this program shall be furnished to all eligible households."
"Millions of Americans are about to go hungry because the federal government has chosen to withhold food assistance it is legally obligated to provide," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
The plaintiffs, led by the attorneys general of Massachusetts, California, Arizona, Minnesota and the District of Columbia, have asked that a judge move rapidly to force the USDA to use available contingency funds for November SNAP benefits and ensure that millions of families do not lose access to food assistance in the coming days.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/28/states-sue-snap-benefits-shutdown/86946536007/
But the USD says the money isn't available. What happened to it?
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