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Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that the #Trump admin must continue to fund #SNAP, the nation’s biggest #food #aid program, using contingency funds during the government #shutdown.

The rulings came a day before the #USDA planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.

#law #FoodStamps #poverty
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-10-31-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News

Trump told #states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full #FoodStamp benefits to #LowIncome families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply. The late-night guidance from the #USDA adds to the uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-#hunger program during the govt #shutdown. Officials in several states said they remained unsure on Sunday how the directive would affect the roughly one in eight Americans who rely on #SNAP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/business/trump-administration-states-undo-full-snap-food-stamps.html?smid=url-share

At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.

Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Native #Indigenous #Education #College #Students #USDA

The giant #Trump banner at the #USDA is another sign the US is sliding into #autocracy

It may be small & petty, but these changes are part of the erosion of democratic norms, softening people up for potentially more #authoritarian behavior.

#AmericanAutocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-usda-portrait-road-from-to-authoritarianism-rcna207709

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