Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered an update on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Sunday and said benefits could resume this week.

“There’s a process that has to be followed, so we’ve got to figure out what the process is,” Bessent said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“President Trump wants to make sure that people get their food benefits,” Bessent said.

“So it could be done by Wednesday?” host Jake Tapper asked.

“Could be,” Bessent answered.

Trump said on Friday that he asked a pair of federal courts to clarify their rulings on SNAP funding.

“Our Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available, and now two Courts have issued conflicting opinions on what we can and cannot do,” Trump posted on Truth So

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