States are resorting to last-ditch efforts to preserve access to groceries for their residents as the federal government was ready up until its Oct. 31 deadline to stop sending out food benefits while the government shutdown drags on.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would not be delivering Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)benefits beginning Saturday, with the Trump administration refusing to draw on a contingency fund. But two court rulings reversed that course.

Two federal judges on Friday ordered the White House to use the emergency fund to keep SNAP operating.

President Trump hours later signaled USDA would release the contingency funding.

Late on Friday, President Trump said on Truth Social it would be his "HONOR" to fund SNAP "if we are given the approp

See Full Page