{"id":8825,"date":"2025-11-10T18:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:03:13","slug":"trump-makes-big-move-in-snap-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8825","title":{"rendered":"Trump Makes Big Move In SNAP Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Presidential Response Praised<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal judge in Rhode Island commended President Trump\u2019s handling of SNAP benefits,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>calling his action \u201cgreatly appreciated.\u201d Judge John J. McConnell Jr. wrote,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe court greatly appreciates the president\u2019s quick and definitive response to this court\u2019s order and his desire to provide the necessary SNAP funding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SNAP Payments at Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 42 million Americans rely on food stamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McConnell ordered the USDA to deliver full November benefits by November 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or partial payments by November 5,citing the need to use contingency funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cIn fact, the president during his first term issued guidance indicating that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>these contingency funds are available if SNAP funds lapse due to a government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Boston, Judge Indira Talwani called the SNAP suspension \u201cunlawful,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>requiring continued payments amid a government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Political Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollster Matt Towery said Democrats\u2019 attempt to politicize the program is backfiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted a shift among young voters: \u201cThere\u2019s a slow shift\u2026 the country is beginning to shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I think it starts with the youngest of voters,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the ones who are having to get out there and make money and find jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential Response Praised A federal judge in Rhode Island commended President Trump\u2019s handling of SNAP benefits, calling his action \u201cgreatly appreciated.\u201d Judge John J. McConnell Jr. wrote, \u201cThe court greatly appreciates the president\u2019s quick and definitive response to this court\u2019s order and his desire to provide the necessary SNAP funding.\u201d SNAP Payments at Risk About&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8827,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions\/8827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}