Jennifer Ludden
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999 appearances
142 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 2d ago
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The Agriculture Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile, some states say the formula for calculating partial payments is too labor-intensive, and getting them to people will take weeks.
Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington.
Many SNAP recipients are parents like Shalise Hooks in Phoenix.
She's a widow and unemployed with a 15-year-old son.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to keep SNAP going.
Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Brett Smiley says it never should have taken a lawsuit for that.
To threaten the stability of families who are already struggling is wrong.
States must now recalculate to distribute the partial payments, which the administration says could take weeks or even months in some places.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
The judges rejected the Trump administration's argument that it cannot legally use more than $5 billion in emergency funds for SNAP.
It not only can, it must, they said, even if it means offering only partial payments.
In Rhode Island, Judge John McConnell Jr.
called for this to happen as soon as possible.
The other judge, Indira Talwani in Boston, said officials could also tap more money from customs revenues, but left that up to them.
The administration has until Monday to present a plan.
After the rulings, Trump posted on social media that his lawyers would seek clarity from the court on how to fund SNAP, and if they got it, it would be my honor, he said.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
I'm terrified about our future and I can't just sit back and watch.
The judges rejected the Trump administration's argument that it cannot legally use more than $5 billion in emergency funds for SNAP.
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