USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said that the department lacks the amount of money needed to cover SNAP benefits next month.

On Oct. 28, officials from 25 states and the District of Columbia sued USDA, saying that USDA is obligated to use money from its contingency funds to cover the program.

The lawsuit only covers plaintiff states, and New Hampshire did not join the lawsuit.

New Hampshire could be the only New England state to lose benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if a lawsuit to reinstate them proves successful.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been warning states that SNAP benefits are set to dry up starting Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown, with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins saying that the department lacks the amount of m

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