What happened

Funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ran out Saturday as the government shutdown entered its fifth week and President Donald Trump declined to tap contingency funding . Two federal judges on Friday ordered the administration to pay out the SNAP benefits, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNN on Sunday the funds “could be” approved for the 42 million beneficiaries by Wednesday, as ordered by U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. in Rhode Island.

Who said what

With SNAP benefits “suddenly cut off,” The Associated Press said, “people across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways” over the weekend. Mayors and governors “in both red states and blue states” joined a

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