Rhode Island State Council of Churches et al v. Rollins et al

  1. November 07, 2025

    Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Full SNAP Payments

    The U.S. Supreme Court Friday evening temporarily paused a Rhode Island federal judge's orders compelling the Trump administration to fully fund November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and transfer roughly $4 billion by the end of the day, hours after the First Circuit denied the administration's emergency request.

  2. November 06, 2025

    'Restore Coherence': Trump Admin Told To Fully Fund SNAP

    The Trump administration must fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in full this month, a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Thursday while admonishing the government for "entrenching delay" of benefits for the 42 million low-income Americans who rely on food assistance.

  3. October 31, 2025

    Trump Admin Must Keep SNAP Running, Federal Judges Say

    A Rhode Island federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds to sustain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown, while a Boston federal judge gave the government until Monday to choose one of two paths to keep the program running to some degree.