The Trump administration told a federal judge Monday it will deplete what remains of a $6 billion contingency fund to pay a portion of food stamp benefits in November amid the ongoing partial federal ...

The federal government told a judge Monday it will use all remaining contingency funds to provide reduced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November as the shutdown ...

President Donald Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will comply with court orders that it continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid ...

The Trump administration said in court filings Monday that it would use contingency funds to provide partial SNAP benefits in November after a judge on Friday ordered the Department of Agriculture to ...

Tens of millions of Americans are facing delays to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November due to the ongoing government shutdown. There is a legal dispute over ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds are not “legally available” to cover benefits during the shutdown. At a press ...

The Trump Administration recently claimed that SNAP benefits are not available for November 2025 because SNAP’s “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” [1] This stands ...

Editor’s Note: This post was updated at 12:01 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to reflect the current shutdown state of the government. The included Datawrapper chart is also being continuously ...

Contingency contracting is a vital component of U.S. Army operations in deployed environments, enabling rapid acquisition of goods and services under unpredictable and often austere conditions. As ...

Despite being less than a week away from the government’s funding deadline, and with lawmakers still far from reaching a spending agreement, agencies have not published their plans for what would ...