After a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits, Vice President JD Vance called the ruling "absurd."

Shapiro said Vance had “turned his back on” the Appalachian communities he once said he represented, calling him a “total phony.”

Help has arrived for one pet owner after an Illinois nonprofit arranged for volunteers to give her a gift card last week to buy food for herself and her pets.

The SD Department of Social Services announced Nov. 7 that it plans to issue the full allotment of SNAP benefits to enrolled recipients in November.

The Hawaii Emergency Food Assistance Program (HEFAP) will provide a one-time payment of $250 to all SNAP recipients in the state, with funds expected to be deposited onto SNAP EBT cards on Monday, November 10.

Michael Altfest, a director with the Alameda County Community Food Bank, told SFGATE that the food bank experienced a dramatic increase in traffic to its emergency food hotline and website, with the average weekly visits jumping from approximately 5,000 in June and July to 36,616 the week of Oct. 7.

Check out these Summit County restaurants who are helping those in need this month amid the SNAP benefits freeze.

The downward trend began in October 2024, three months before Trump took office, with 43,250,829 recipients. That figure fell by 231,981 in November and another 61,469 in December. In total, SNAP enrollment dropped by 1,515,619 between October 2024 and May 2025.