Trump Administration Orders States To ‘Immediately Undo’ Work Sending Out Full Food Stamp Benefits

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ordered states to “immediately undo” their efforts to send out full food stamp benefits this November.

“To the extent states sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized,” the Saturday memo reads. “Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025.”

According to the USDA memo, states must only issue partial benefits, and risk financial consequences if they do not comply with the demands.

The memo comes after a Friday US Supreme Court order that temporarily allowed the Trump Administration to withhold some funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The order from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson paused a lower court’s directive that ordered the Trump Administration to fully fund food stamps during the shutdown. (RELATED: Democrats Vow To Continue Shutdown For Sake Of The Party’s ‘Brand’)

🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court rules IN FAVOR of President Trump not being forced to spend money the government doesn’t have for SNAP during the shutdown, for now.

Absurd this is a question.

You can’t come up with money out of nothing. pic.twitter.com/pG8Lz31bJZ

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 8, 2025

Before the Supreme Court ruling Friday, the USDA had told states in a memo that it was going to comply with a federal judge’s order to fully fund SNAP. After receiving the memo, some states immediately began to work to issue full SNAP benefits. (RELATED: Trump Admin Will Partially Fund Food Stamps Following Rulings By Obama-Appointed Judges)

New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Oregon, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania issued complete benefits Friday. Colorado, North Carolina, and Illinois made plans to issue benefits. Delaware used state money for emergency aid.

Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers released a one word statement to the Administration’s latest memo: “No.”

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/0s9Cb8Z9T1

— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) November 9, 2025

“Consistent with a court order, Wisconsin legally loaded FoodShare payments to cards,” Evers posted to X. “Now, the Trump Administration has spent the last 48 hours making a last-ditch effort to yank those payments from nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including 270,000 kids. It’s pathetic.”

SNAP, which costs roughly $9.2 billion each month, ran dry on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown which has now lasted 40 days. Nearly 42 million Americans are set to only receive partial assistance due to the lapse in funding.