With the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, set to lapse Nov. 1, its delay could influence how low-income Americans access food.

Uncertainty remains over whether millions will lose SNAP benefits after a federal judge said Oct. 31 he would order the Trump administration to continue the program during the ongoing government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture had announced days earlier that SNAP funds had "run dry," marking the first indefinite delay in the program's history.

California, where SNAP is known as CalFresh, supports 5.5 million residents each month — including nearly 2 million children. The state has joined 20 others in suing the USDA , alleging the agency is illegally withholding emergency funds meant to sustain benefits during crises.

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