Volunteers weigh squash and potatoes to add to produce bags for mobile party distribution sites at the Central Texas Food Bank warehouse kitchen, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, in Austin, Texas, U.S., October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump wants to hear from the courts how to fund SNAP food aid benefits for needy Americans and payments could flow by Wednesday as ordered by a U.S. judge, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday.

Asked if that could be done to meet a federal judge's order that partial payments begin Wednesday, Bessent said, "Could be." Bessent also said on CNN's "State of the Union" program that the Trump administration will not appeal the court ruling.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Will Dunham)