Administration officials had asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits and was denied later the same day – key US politics stories from 7 November 2025

The federal judge ruled that Trump was choosing to withhold federal food aid due to "political reasons".

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court for an emergency block on a judge’s order that it pay 42 million Americans full SNAP benefits for November by Friday.