The Trump administration announced it plans to partially fund SNAP benefits on Monday, after two federal judges ruled on Friday that the funds must be released. Why it matters: Up to 42 million Americans didn't receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on the first of the month,

As the controversy over funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown dragged on in recent days, the top official in charge of the program pivoted to a new talking point, calling the program that some 42 million Americans rely on "corrupt."

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s special session proclamation would need to include language allowing the Legislature to take such action.

The 42 million Americans who rely on food assistance to afford groceries are getting a better idea of how big (or how small) their benefits will be in November when they are eventually issued.

After the federal court ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds to partially sustain the SNAP program throughout November, Trump wrote about the court’s decisions on Truth Social, saying he does “NOT want Americans to go hungry just because the Radical Democrats refuse to do the right thing and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT (4).”

The government says it will tap into contingency funds to at least partially support SNAP benefits for November, after being compelled by the courts to do so. But funding won't continue past then.

A post on X has gone viral for claiming that Project 2025 promoted removing children from single-parent SNAP households.

While Tennessee is not allocating funds to continue the SNAP program in the state, it is working with food pantries to help residents in other ways.